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REDROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does redroot mean?
• REDROOT (noun)
The noun REDROOT has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: REDROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bloodroot; puccoon; redroot; Sanguinaria canadensis; tetterwort
Hypernyms ("redroot" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("redroot" is a member of...):
genus Sanguinaria; Sanguinaria (one species: bloodroot)
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