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Sanguinaria :: Sanguinaria (n.) The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc..

Sanguinary :: Sanguinary (a.) The Sanguinaria.

Bloodroot :: Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria..

Bloodwort :: Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing..

Sanguinaria :: Sanguinaria (n.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.

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