bloodroot – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
bloodroot
n.
wild flower belonging to the poppy family
Sanguinaria
bloodroot
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Sanguinaria, genus Sanguinaria
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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SANGUINARIA [BOTANICA]