| slovo | definícia |
redroot
(encz) | redroot, n: |
Redroot
(gcide) | Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey
tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy
swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
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redroot
(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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
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redroot
(wn) | redroot
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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
redroot
(encz) | redroot, n: |
redroot
(gcide) | Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey
tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy
swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
[1913 Webster] |
redroot
(wn) | redroot
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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