noun
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, ↑redroot, ↑tetterwort, ↑Sanguinaria canadensis
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sanguinaria, ↑genus Sanguinaria
2. perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
• Syn: ↑Lithospermum caroliniense
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lithospermum, ↑genus Lithospermum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.