sanguinaria
Americannoun
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the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
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its medicinal rhizome.
noun
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the dried rhizome of the bloodroot, used as an emetic
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another name for bloodroot
Etymology
Origin of sanguinaria
1800–10; < New Latin ( herba ) sanguināria bloody (herb), feminine of sanguinārius sanguinary
Example Sentences
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The flower Of sanguinaria, from whose brittle stem The red drops fell like blood.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
The only one selected for a first-class certificate was C. sanguinaria, with flowers similar in size and shape to those of C. Veitchii, but of an intensely deep crimson.
From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various
Take podophyllin, sixty grains; leptandrin and sanguinaria, ipecac and pure cayenne, each thirty grains.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
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
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
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