tooth bud
n.
The primordial structures from which a tooth is formed.
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Nearby words
toot one's own horn, toot sweet, tooth, tooth and nail, tooth ax, tooth bud, tooth chisel, tooth decay, tooth fairy, tooth fungus, tooth germ
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