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sanguinaria Synonyms

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• noun (Context 1)

A herbaceous perennial woodland flowering plant (Sanguinaria canadensis) in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to eastern North America and prized for its solitary, cup-shaped white spring blossoms with golden-yellow stamens and a rhizome that exudes bright reddish-orange sap.

Strongest
bloodroot
puccoon
Strong
redroot
tetterwort

• noun (Context 2)

The dried rhizome of the bloodroot plant (Sanguinaria canadensis), containing the alkaloid sanguinarine and historically used in herbal and dental preparations as an expectorant, emetic, or antiplaque agent.

Strongest
bloodroot

• Nearby Words

sangha
sangria
sangu
sanguinaria
sanguine
sanguisorba
sanicula

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