English-Thai Dictionary
bloodroot
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BLOODROOT
BLOODROOT Blood "root ` (, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis ), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bloodroot
blood root |ˈblədˌro͞ot, -ˌro͝ot ˈblədrut | ▶noun 1 a North American plant of the poppy family that has white flowers and fleshy underground rhizomes that exude red sap when cut. [Sanguinaria canadensis, family Papaveraceae. ] 2 a lilylike Australian plant with a red rhizome that is roasted and eaten by some Aborigines. [Haemodorum coccineum, family Haemodoraceae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
bloodroot
blood |root ▶noun 1 a North American plant of the poppy family, which has white flowers and fleshy underground rhizomes which exude red sap when cut. ●Sanguinaria canadensis, family Papaveraceae. 2 a lily-like Australian plant with a red rhizome which is roasted and eaten by some Aborigines. ●Haemodorum coccineum, family Haemodoraceae.
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