| bloodroot | (n) 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, Syn. redroot, puccoon, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis |
| Tetterwort | n. (Bot.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot. [ 1913 Webster ] |