a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye
2. another name for tormentil
bloodroot in American English
(ˈblʌdˌrut)
noun
US
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
Examples of 'bloodroot' in a sentence
bloodroot
Then he said, `I've given him a tisane of karch and bloodroot.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE (2002)