'Sanguinaria' definitions:
Definition of 'Sanguinaria'
(from WordNet)
noun
One species: bloodroot [syn: Sanguinaria, genus Sanguinaria]
Definition of 'Sanguinaria'
From: GCIDE
- Sanguinaria \San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n.]
- 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. [1913 Webster]