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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tetterwort
tetterwort
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,
redroot,
Sanguinaria canadensis
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: tetterwort
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
[1913 Webster]
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