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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.