bloodflower

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bloodflower - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bloodflower \Blood"flow`er\, n. [From the color of the flower.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named
     H[ae]manthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of
     H[ae]manthus toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison
     their arrows.
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