What is "tetterwort"

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.

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.

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, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis]

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