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    BLOODROOT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 expectorantplay

    Synonyms:

    bloodroot; puccoon; redroot; Sanguinaria canadensis; tetterwort

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("bloodroot" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("bloodroot" is a member of...):

    genus Sanguinaria; Sanguinaria (one species: bloodroot)

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