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Webster 1913 Edition
Bloodroot
Blood′rootˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
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
. ☞ In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
Definition 2024
bloodroot
bloodroot
English
Bloodroot
Noun
bloodroot (usually uncountable, plural bloodroots)
- A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.
Synonyms
- (Sanguinaria canadensis): bloodwort, red puccoon root, pauson, tetterwort
Translations
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