noun
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
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sanguinaria, ↑genus Sanguinaria
Useful english dictionary. 2012.