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SANGUINARIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: bloodroot

Synonyms:

genus Sanguinaria; Sanguinaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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