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Bloodroot
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bloodroot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bloodroot.html. 1828.