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Bloodroot

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Noun

1. bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort

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

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Bloodroot

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noun
1. Also called: red puccoon
a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye
2.  another name for tormentil

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Bloodroot

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noun
US
a spring-blooming, North American wildflower (Sanguinaria canadensis) of the poppy family, with a single white flower and lobed leaf arising from a rootstock that yields a toxic red juice

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Bloodroot

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n.
A perennial wildflower (Sanguinaria canadensis) of eastern North American forests, having a single lobed leaf, a solitary white flower in early spring, and a fleshy rootstock exuding a poisonous red sap that can be used as a dye.

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