The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
Sanguinaria \San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n.]
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(Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
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.
The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
Usage examples of "sanguinaria canadensis".
The yellow colour of Hydrastis rhizome, the appearance of a transverse section and the characteristic odour of the drug distinguish it readily from Blood Root, obtained from Sanguinaria Canadensis, which is usually of a dark reddish-brown colour, while a transverse section exhibits a more or less pronounced red colour and no evident wood bundles.