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

Take pulverized skunk cabbage root, two drams; pulverized extract of liquorice, one dram; sanguinaria and macrotin, of each thirty grains.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

Take podophyllin and sanguinaria, of each ten grains; leptandrin, twenty grains; white sugar, forty grains.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

In the first place, you must live in the country, where you can find that early spring flower, the blood-root or sanguinaria.

From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 by Various

The pick of all these seedlings would be C. sanguinaria, C. Veitchii splendens, C. lactea, C. nivea, and C. porphyrea.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various

The blood-root, sanguinaria, or puccoon, as it is termed by some of the native tribes, is worthy of attention from the root to the flower.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland