Definitions
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- proper n. A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae — the bloodroots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
- n. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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 WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. one species: bloodroot
Etymologies
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Examples
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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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Bloodroots Sanguinaria canadensis, originally uploaded by corbeau_du_nord.
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My beautiful flower is bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis.
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Other homeopathic remedies to consider include Phytolacca, Sanguinaria, and Hydratis—all in 6th to 30th potency.
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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
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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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Sanguinaria treated in this way will generally so far anticipate its natural time of flowering as to present you the smiling, perfumed faces of its blossoms while the fields may yet be covered with snow.
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Bellwort and Strawbell, Potentilla with Cinquefoil, and Sanguinaria with
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It is valuable in colds, coughs, and female obstructions as a warm, diffusible stimulant and diaphoretic; sometimes combined with snakeroot and puccoon root (Sanguinaria).
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