sanguinaria canadensis

1. 1.

   perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant

   Synonymsbloodrootpuccoonredroottetterwort

   Broaderherb

   Part ofSanguinaria

Questions about sanguinaria canadensis

What does sanguinaria canadensis mean?

sanguinaria canadensis means "perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant".

What is another word for sanguinaria canadensis?

Close synonyms include bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sanguinaria canadensis a common word?

sanguinaria canadensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.