Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bloodroot, puccoon, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort

See Also: genus Sanguinaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Sanguinaria

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