English > Sanguinaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | One species: bloodroot. |
---|
Synonym | genus Sanguinaria |
---|
Member of | Papaveraceae, family Papaveraceae, poppy family | herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits |
---|
Members | 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 |
---|
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
---|
Spanish | genus sanguinaria, sanguinaria |
---|
Catalan | genus sanguinaria, sanguinaria, sanguinària |
---|