Definition of Bloodraot
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.
&fist; In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a
remedy for dysentery.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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