Meaning of REDROOT
| Pronunciation: | | 'red`root
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| | Definition: | | [n] perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant |
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| | Synonyms: | | bloodroot, puccoon, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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| | See Also: | | genus Sanguinaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Sanguinaria | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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