Bloodflower

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloodflower \Blood"flow`er\, n. [From the color of the flower.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named
     {H[ae]manthus}, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of
     {H[ae]manthus toxicarius} is used by the Hottentots to poison
     their arrows.


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