bloodroot
bloodroot noun: a North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.
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Noun
bloodroot (usually uncountable, plural bloodroots)
- A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.
- “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177
- Synonyms:
- bloodwort, red puccoon root, pauson, tetterwort
bloodroot meaning in Tamil
bloodroot in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of bloodroot
- bloodwort
- red puccoon root
- pauson
- tetterwort
Forms of bloodroot
| plural | bloodroots |
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Origin of bloodroot
From blood + root.
Questions about bloodroot
- What does bloodroot mean?
- Bloodroot means a North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.
- What is bloodroot in Tamil?
- Bloodroot in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Bloodroot meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bloodroot?
- Bloodroot is a noun.
- What is the plural of bloodroot?
- The plural of bloodroot is bloodroots.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bloodroot (page history and authors); bloodroot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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