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Bloodroot
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | bloodroot
n 1: 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
[syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort,
Sanguinaria canadensis] |
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bloodroot
(wn) | bloodroot
n 1: 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
[syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort,
Sanguinaria canadensis] |
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