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Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties
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tetterwort
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WordNet
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n. perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant [syn: bloodroot , puccoon , ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Wikipedia
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Tetterwort is a common name for several plants in the Papaveraceae family and may refer to: Chelidonium majus , native to Europe Sanguinaria canadensis , native to eastern North America
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK English) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, (taxlink Chelidonium majus species noshow=1) 2 (context US English) ''Sanguinaria canadensis'', the bloodroot.