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Dictionary Results for Sanguinaria canadensis:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Sanguinaria canadensis
    n 1: 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
         [syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort,
         Sanguinaria canadensis]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sanguinaria \San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See Sanguinary, a. &
   n.]
   1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
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   Note: Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only
         species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a
         few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms
         in early spring. See Bloodroot.
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   2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an
      emetic, etc.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
   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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   Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
         used as a remedy for dysentery.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bloodwort \Blood"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name
   is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and
   to an extensive order of plants (H[ae]modorace[ae]), the
   roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter
   useful in dyeing.
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