Definition of 'bloodroot'

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bloodroot in British

(ˈblʌdˌruːt )

noun

1. Also called: red puccoon

a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye

2. another name for tormentil

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bloodroot in American

(ˈblʌdˌrut ; bludˈro̅otˌ)

noun

a spring-blooming, North American wildflower (Sanguinaria canadensis) of the poppy family, with a single white flower and lobed leaf arising from a rootstock that yields a toxic red juice

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Then he said, `I've given him a tisane of karch and bloodroot. David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE (2002)

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Used Rarely. bloodroot is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of bloodroot from the Collins English Dictionary

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