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