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Tetterwort

Tetterwort Meaning & Definition
Tetterwort Definition And Meaning

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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