bloodroot
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- noun
- /ˈblʌdˌruːt/
- US
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sanguinaria
- In the shadow of the flood, the spring was late, the buds of the trees just opening, the white flowers of twinleaf and bloodroot just beginning to bloom.
- bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- bloodroot blooms
- white bloodroot
Examples
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The white flower of bloodroot only blooms in the spring.
Fiction book (2002) -
For one, there is the bloodroot extract.
Blog text (16) -
But this step is necessary before you apply bloodroot extract.
Blog text (16) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Bloodroot blooms for only a short period in the early spring.
Academic text (2005) -
I smeared on bloodroot ointment.
Fiction book (2002) -
The scientific name of bloodroot is Sanguinaria canadensis.
Blog text (16) -
"I'll show you a place that's unprepossessing now, but every spring it's covered with bloodroot.
Fiction book (1991) -
Where even the rhododendrons wilted and died, the bloodroot flowers flourished in the hot summer.
Fiction book (2002) -
The red exudate from bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), for instance, indicates that it should be applied to ailments of the blood.
Academic text (2018) -
In early spring, the bloodroot blooms with beautiful white flowers that attract many pollinators.
Synonyms
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A forest plant with a red root and small white flower used as medicine
A woodland plant with a red root, a single lobed leaf, and a white spring flower
A woodland plant with a red root and a single white early-spring flower used in traditional remedies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bloodroot is made of the words blood and root. The plant's root and sap are red like 'blood', and because people used the root as a medicine, the name tells you about the plant's red root and its use.