Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanguinaria"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanguinaria \San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Sanguinary}, a. &
n.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only
species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a
few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms
in early spring. See {Bloodroot}.
2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an
emetic, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sanguinaria
n : 1 species: bloodroot [syn: {Sanguinaria}, {genus Sanguinaria}]
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