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1. (n.) redroot
an E North American swamp plant, Lachnanthes tintoria, of the bloodwort family, having sword-shaped leaves, woolly yellowish flowers, and a red root.
Etymology: (1855–60)
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1. (noun) bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
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1. (noun) redroot
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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