English noun: bloodroot | |||
| 1. | bloodroot (plant) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Member meronym | genus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria | ||