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Meaning of TETTERWORT

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
 
 See Also: genus Sanguinaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Sanguinaria

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tet"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the
calendine, in America the bloodroot.
 
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