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.
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Examples for "bloodroot "
Examples for "bloodroot "
1 Eric crowned himself with bloodroot and contrived grass sandals for his feet.
2 She found clumps of bloodroot , great anemone-flowers that she picked by the handful.
3 A drop of orange-red sap from bloodroot smeared between the toes twice a day.
4 Rachel found the bloodroot first, under a shaded outcrop where a spring head seeped.
5 By this time the hepatica, anemone saxifrage, arbutus, houstonia, and bloodroot may be counted on.
1 To-day Mrs. Bassett rejoiced in the discovery of the season's first puccoon , showing its orange-yellow cluster on a sandy slope.
2 The blood-root, sanguinaria, or puccoon , as it is termed by some of the native tribes, is worthy of attention from the root to the flower.
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