bloodroot en · NOUN
Etymology
From blood + root.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.
“What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bloodroots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
red puccoon root (Sanguinaria canadensis) · bloodwort (Sanguinaria canadensis) · tetterwort (Sanguinaria canadensis) · pauson (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Translations (13)
pt sanguinária do Canadá (plant) · see gatgwéhsaiʼs (plant) · fr sanguinaire (plant) · ca sanguinària del Canadà (plant) · de Blutwurz (plant) · cmn 血根草 (plant) · ru во́лчья стопа́ (plant) · cy gwaedwraidd (plant) · da blodurt (plant) · ja 赤根草 (plant) · ru лапча́тка (plant) · fi lumikki (plant) · es sanguinaria (plant)