redroot

Nouns

  • (n) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort, puccoon,

Synonyms

bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis tetterwort puccoon

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