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- noun Plural form of
bloodroot .
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Examples
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On this Annie heaped bloodroots and anemones, a few early violets, and one or two arbutus-sprays, and then looked up to see if I was satisfied.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various
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On this little hill are several japonica trees, in violent ruddy blossom; and clumps of tiger lily blades springing up; and bloodroots.
Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923
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Great double bloodroots came first -- I stepped suddenly into a garden of them and hastily stooping crushed some juice on my fingers.
Penguin Persons & Peppermints Walter Prichard Eaton 1917
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The Canada Mayflower spread a carpet under the pines; and in the hollows where the mists settled, where the brooks flowed, where the air was heavy with the damp, ineffable odour of growing things, they gathered drooping adder's-tongues, white-starred bloodroots and foam-flowers.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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The Canada Mayflower spread a carpet under the pines; and in the hollows where the mists settled, where the brooks flowed, where the air was heavy with the damp, ineffable odour of growing things, they gathered drooping adder's-tongues, white-starred bloodroots and foam-flowers.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 3 Winston Churchill 1909
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The Canada Mayflower spread a carpet under the pines; and in the hollows where the mists settled, where the brooks flowed, where the air was heavy with the damp, ineffable odour of growing things, they gathered drooping adder's-tongues, white-starred bloodroots and foam-flowers.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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The bloodroots are almost two weeks late this year, due to cold weather.
Rurality Rurality 2010
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The bloodroots had already finished blooming when we walked in the woodland garden and the fairy wands had not yet begun.
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There’s bloodroots blooming, and crinkleroots, and flowers I don’t know the name of.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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There’s bloodroots blooming, and crinkleroots, and flowers I don’t know the name of.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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