sanguinaria
UK/ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/US/ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ə/
sanguinaria noun: any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots.
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Noun
sanguinaria (plural sanguinarias)
- Any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots.
- […] the violets, houstonias, hepaticas, and sanguinarias, which take so kindly to home cultivation.1871, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, volume 3, page 108
- The rootstock of the bloodroot, once used medicinally as an emetic, etc.
Forms of sanguinaria
| plural | sanguinarias |
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Origin of sanguinaria
From the genus name.
Words formed from sanguinaria
Words that rhyme with sanguinaria
- area
- Carpentaria
- Hilaria
- Hungaria
- laminaria
- malaria
- rosaria
- sigillaria
- -aria
- adularia
- alfilaria
- Anastenaria
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- angaria
- antimalaria
- aquaria
- araucaria
- armillaria
- auricularia
- balistraria
- baria
- Bavaria
- Bedeque and Area
- bipinnaria
- brachiaria
- brachiolaria
- Bulgaria
- Caffraria
- calceolaria
- calvaria
- Caria
- carinaria
- cephalaria
- cercaria
- churrascaria
- cnidaria
- congiaria
- convallaria
- crotalaria
- cusparia
- dataria
- dirofilaria
- filaria
- fritillaria
- globularia
- hypobaria
- Icaria
- Kaffraria
- lacunaria
- laquearia
- ligularia
- linaria
- Lot 11 and Area
- macrofilaria
- mammillaria
- matricaria
- metacercaria
- microfilaria
- miliaria
- militaria
- nonmalaria
Questions about sanguinaria
- What does sanguinaria mean?
- Sanguinaria means any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots.
- What part of speech is sanguinaria?
- Sanguinaria is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sanguinaria?
- Sanguinaria is pronounced /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sanguinaria?
- The plural of sanguinaria is sanguinarias.
Words near sanguinaria in the dictionary
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