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| | Define Sanguinaria Canadensis : powered by In Dictionary (InDictionary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | (Bot.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. |
 | | The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (H[ae]modorace[ae]), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. |
 | | Sanguinaria canadensis 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 [syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort] |
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