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    GENUS SANGUINARIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One species: bloodrootplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sanguinaria; Sanguinaria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Sanguinaria" is a kind of...):

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Sanguinaria"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("genus Sanguinaria" is a member of...):

    family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)

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