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Sanguinaria

Sanguinaria Meaning & Definition
Sanguinaria Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sanguinaria?

[n] 1 species: bloodroot

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sanguinaria: genus Sanguinaria

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sanguinaria:

See Also | bloodroot | dilleniid dicot genus | family Papaveraceae | Papaveraceae | poppy family | puccoon | redroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | tetterwort

Sanguinaria In Webster's Dictionary

\San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Sanguinary}, a. & n.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See {Bloodroot}. 2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.

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