sanguinaria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one species: bloodroot
    genus Sanguinaria.

WordNet

San`gui*na"ri*a noun
Etymology
NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. ✍ Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot.
  2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.

Webster 1913