[W/K] :: Bloodroot

  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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  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: puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria
           canadensis]