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Bloodroot

noun
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.  Synonyms: puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort.






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"Bloodroot" Quotes from Famous Books



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— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey

... off to the river and off to the hills, To the land of the bloodroot and wild daffodils, With a buttercup blossom to color my chin, And a basket of burs to ...
— The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes • Leroy F. Jackson



Words linked to "Bloodroot" :   herbaceous plant, genus Sanguinaria, herb, Sanguinaria, redroot



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