3 definitions
for Redroot
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey
tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy
swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
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From 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
redroot
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, tetterwort, Sanguinaria
canadensis]
