Noun: bloodroot 'blúd,root
- 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
"Native Americans used bloodroot for its medicinal properties";
- puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
Derived forms: bloodroots
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria
Encyclopedia: Bloodroot