A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

dentosus,-a,-um (adj.A): with many or large or otherwise conspicuous teeth.

- actinidens, with rayed or ray-like teeth; aculeidens, with prickly or siney teeth; aduncidens, with hooked or crooked teeth; acutidens, with acute teeth; aequidens, with equal teeth; aequioridens, with more equal teeth; alternidens, with alternate teeth; amplidens, with large teeth; angustidens, with narrow teeth; apiculatidens, with apiculate teeth; argutidens, with sharp teeth; basidens, with teeth at the base; bidens, with two teeth; ciliatidens, with ciliate teeth; concinnidens, with orderly or tidy teeth; crebridens, with crowded teeth; curvidens, with curved teeth; cuspidens, with cusp-like teeth; decurrentidens, with decurrent teeth; eligantidens, with elegant teeth; enormidens, with huge teeth; falcidens, hook or sickle-shaped; setidens, with bristle-shaped teeth; inaequidens, with unequal teeth; spinidens, with spine-shaped teeth; tridens, with three teeth.

Dentaria,-ae (s.f.I), Toothwort, from L. “dens, a tooth, presumably from the toothed rhizomes of some species” (Fernald 1950); “ in allusion to the toothlike scales on the rhizome which led to the supposition that it might be good for toothache” (Stearn 1996); Fissidens,-entis (s.m.III) Hedw., referring to the divided peristome teeth.

Trident: tridens, tridentis (s.m.III), abl. sg. tridente.

NOTE: the ending -dens, gen. sg. dentis is also the present active participle ending: ascendens, rising; scandens, climbing.