Redroot

3 definitions found

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

  Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.)
     A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey
     tea (see under {Tea}), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
     Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy
     swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
     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}.
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     Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
           used as a remedy for dysentery.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redroot
       n : perennial woodland native of North America having a red root
           and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white
           flower in early spring and having acrid emetic
           properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
           [syn: {bloodroot}, {puccoon}, {tetterwort}, {Sanguinaria
           canadensis}]