Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Redroot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (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}. It has acrid emetic
properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redroot
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}, {tetterwort}, {Sanguinaria
canadensis}]
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