bloodroot

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  1. noun A perennial wildflower (Sanguinaria canadensis) native to forests in eastern North America, having a single lobed leaf, a solitary white flower in early spring, and a fleshy rootstock exuding a poisonous red sap. Also called red puccoon.

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  • The marrow of the donor is liquefied and mixed with the blood of the bloodroot, and that mix is put into the body of the recipient, and finds its own way into the bone. —  Harpy Thyme
  • Probably depends on what sort of timber you are, no doubt CHEMICAL EVOLUTION THERE'S a newly-discovered use for the botanical herb known to Granddad and Grandma as "bloodroot." —  June, 1943
  • Landry snapped photo after digital photo of Dutchman's breeches, bloodroot, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and trilliums that grew by the river, every wildflower sparkling with droplets that condensed out of the mist. —  FSF,August2005
  • Join us on this special adventure exploring The Little Grand Canyon for nature's spring gems such as bloodroot, spring beauty, and trillium. —  battlecreekenquirer.com -
  • - Wildflowers: Now playing in our woods are dogtooth violets, trailing arbutus, bloodroot, early buttercup, celandine poppy and many others. —  The Times-Reporter Home RSS
 

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