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Redroot

Redroot Meaning & Definition
Redroot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Redroot?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Redroot: bloodroot | puccoon | Sanguinaria canadensis | tetterwort

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See Also | genus Sanguinaria | herb | herbaceous plant | Sanguinaria

Redroot In Webster's Dictionary

\Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under {Tea}), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

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