Found 2 items, similar to redroot.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: redroot 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: redroot 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]