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bloodroot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bloodroot has 1 sense
- bloodroot(n = noun.plant) puccoon, redroot, sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort - perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant; Array is a member of genus sanguinaria, sanguinaria
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
bloodroot, n.
A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis ), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon , redroot , bloodwort , tetterwort , turmeric , and Indian paint . It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria. [1913 Webster]
" In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery."
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