| 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 |
| Bloodroot | n. (Bot.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also ☞ In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster ] |