bloodwort

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bloodwort - 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.
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     Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
           used as a remedy for dysentery.
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  Bloodwort \Blood"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name
     is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and
     to an extensive order of plants (H[ae]modorace[ae]), the
     roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter
     useful in dyeing.
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bloodwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bloodwort
      n 1: any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots
           contain a deep red coloring matter