Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a genus of polypetalous plants of the order Papaveraceæ, the poppy family, and tribe Eupapavereæ.
- In zoology, in Illiger's classification (1811), a family of his Falculata, or mammals with claws, corresponding to the modern Felidæ, Canidæ, Hyænidæ, and part of the Viverridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
- noun The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Papaveraceae — thebloodroots .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one species: bloodroot
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Examples
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In 1980 the Bloodroot Collective organized a feminist press (Sanguinaria) at the restaurant to publish The Political Palate cookbook.
Remembering Our Roots… « in other words [a portland feminist and queer bookstore and blog] 2009
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Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, flowers last only a day here, sometimes they are missed entirely.
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In 1980 the Bloodroot Collective organized a feminist press (Sanguinaria) at the restaurant to publish The Political Palate cookbook.
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In 1980 the Bloodroot Collective organized a feminist press (Sanguinaria) at the restaurant to publish The Political Palate cookbook.
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Bloodroots Sanguinaria canadensis, originally uploaded by corbeau_du_nord.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2008
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My beautiful flower is bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis.
It arrived! M-mv 2007
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My beautiful flower is bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis.
Archive 2007-05-01 M-mv 2007
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Other homeopathic remedies to consider include Phytolacca, Sanguinaria, and Hydratis—all in 6th to 30th potency.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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(_Sanguinaria_), celandine poppy (_Stylophorum_), and a few other wild plants (see Fig. 103, _A-I_).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The seeds of the _Argemone mexicana_, and of the _Sanguinaria canadensis_, also contain a bland, nutritious, colorless, fixed oil.
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