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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

European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands

perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

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

European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands

perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.

Sanguinaria Canadensis-p. Red, Sanguinaria Canadensis -p. Yellow, Hydrastis Canadensis.

N.-Amer. plant yielding red or yellow dye.

See Blood-root of N. America.

See Blood-root.