redroot

redroot
    n 1: 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
         [syn: {bloodroot}, {puccoon}, {redroot}, {tetterwort},
         {Sanguinaria canadensis}]
    

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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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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