About The Word Tetterwort
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Tetterwort
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What's The Definition Of Tetterwort?
[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 Tetterwort: bloodroot | puccoon | redroot | Sanguinaria canadensis Related Terms | Find terms related to Tetterwort: See Also | genus Sanguinaria | herb | herbaceous plant | Sanguinaria Tetterwort In Webster's Dictionary \Tet"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the
calendine, in America the bloodroot.
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