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sanguinaria


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanguinaria  \San`gui*na"ri*a\,  n.  [NL.  See  {Sanguinary},  a.  & 
  n.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  A  genus  of  plants  of  the  Poppy  family. 
 
  Note:  {Sanguinaria  Canadensis},  or  bloodroot,  is  the  only 
  species.  It  has  a  perennial  rootstock,  which  sends  up  a 
  few  roundish  lobed  leaves  and  solitary  white  blossoms 
  in  early  spring.  See  {Bloodroot}. 
 
  2.  The  rootstock  of  the  bloodroot,  used  in  medicine  as  an 
  emetic,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Sanguinaria 
  n  :  1  species:  bloodroot  [syn:  {Sanguinaria},  {genus  Sanguinaria}] 




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