bloodroot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun 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

From blood + root.

The Story of the Dawnsinger, or How the Bloodroot Came 5 3. — Woodland Tales, Ernest Thompson Seton
Violet and bloodroot, dogwood and purple Judas tree were all bespangled, bespangled with dew. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston

puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis

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