Bloodroot Definition

blŭdro͝ot, -ro͝ot
noun
A spring-blooming, North American wildflower (Sanguinaria canadensis) of the poppy family, with a single white flower and lobed leaf arising from a rootstock that yields a toxic red juice.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
bloodroot
Plural:
bloodroots

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Bloodroot Sentence Examples

  • A second type of salve that is also black in color, and often called black salve, is bloodroot salve.

  • Both medicinal and flowering plants are exceptionally abundant; a few of the former are ginseng, snakeroot, bloodroot, hore-hound, thoroughwort, redroot (Ceanothus Americanus), horse mint and wild flax, and prominent among the latter are jessamines, azaleas, lilies, roses, violets, honey-suckle and golden-rod.

  • Made with the herb bloodroot or Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot salve was the only treatment available for skin cancer prior to the 20th century.

  • Bloodroot salve is considered escharotic, which means that it causes tissues to die or burn off.

  • Bloodroot is only approved by the FDA for use in small quantities in certain beauty products.

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