Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bloodroot

1 sense of bloodroot

Sense 1
bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis -- (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)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)