sanguinaria

American  

[sang-gwuh-nair-ee-uh] / ˌsæŋ gwəˈnɛər i ə /

noun

1. the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.

2. its medicinal rhizome.

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sanguinaria British  

/ ˌsæŋɡwɪˈnɛərɪə /

noun

1. the dried rhizome of the bloodroot, used as an emetic

2. another name for bloodroot

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Etymology

Origin of sanguinaria

1800–10; < New Latin ( herba ) sanguināria bloody (herb), feminine of sanguinārius sanguinary

Example Sentences

Thus bloodroot, or Sanguinaria canadensis, whose roots and rhizomes secrete a red sap when cut, was once thought to heal blood disorders and hasten wound healing.

From New York Times

See Sanguinaria. µ In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.

From Project Gutenberg

The purple Hepatica opened her soft eye in the woods, and the delicate Sanguinaria spread her snowy bosom to catch the pale sunbeam.

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It was called by the old herbalists sanguinaria—"quia sanguinem sistet."

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Sanguinaria, the Bloodroot, is named from the blood-like color of its juice.

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