Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (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.
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Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
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bloodroot
n : perennial woodland native of North America having a red root
and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white
flower in early spring and having acrid emetic
properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
[syn: puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinariacanadensis]
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