tetterwort Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
Sanguinaria canadensis; bloodroot; puccoon; redroot.
WordNet
Tet"ter*wort` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.
