|  redroot 
 
 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
 • Syn:
 bloodroot, puccoon, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
 • Hypernyms:
 herb, herbaceous plant
 • Member Holonyms:
 Sanguinaria, genus Sanguinaria
 
 
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