Word
Bloodroot
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2 Syllables
How it's divided?
blood-root
Definition
- n. - 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.
- noun - 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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