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Bloodwort

Blood′wortˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant,
Rumex sanguineus
, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (
Sanguinaria Canadensis
), and to an extensive order of plants (
Hæmodoraceæ
), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.

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bloodwort

bloodwort

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Noun

bloodwort (usually uncountable, plural bloodworts)

  1. The plant bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
  2. Rumex sanguineus, the bloody-veined dock.
  3. Any of the Haemodoraceae, a family of flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye.

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