bloodroot

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bloodroot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

bloodroot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]