tetterwort

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tetterwort Definition

• (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

tetterwort Synonyms

• bloodroot
• puccoon
• redroot
• Sanguinaria canadensis
• tetterwort