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  • bloodroots (Noun)
    Plural of bloodroot.

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Plural: bloodroots

bloodroot - 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
  puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
  herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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  • bloodroot (Noun)
    A North American plant, , of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.

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  • bloodroot (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.

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