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bloodroot

blood·root
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bluhd-root, -roo t]
    • /ˈblʌdˌrut, -ˌrʊt/
    • /blˈʌdruːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bluhd-root, -roo t]
    • /ˈblʌdˌrut, -ˌrʊt/

Definitions of bloodroot word

  • noun bloodroot a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye 3
  • noun bloodroot a spring-blooming, North American wildflower (Sanguinaria canadensis) of the poppy family, with a single white flower and lobed leaf arising from a rootstock that yields a toxic red juice 3
  • noun bloodroot a North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, having a red root and root sap and a solitary white flower. 1
  • noun bloodroot 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. 0
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Origin of bloodroot

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; blood + root1

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Parts of speech for Bloodroot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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bloodroot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • bloodwort

    a name given to a number of plants which have red leaves or roots, or which are popularly considered either to draw blood or to reduce bleeding

  • poppy family

    the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.

  • puccoon

    any of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family.

  • red puccoon

    bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye

  • sanguinaria

    the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
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