tetterwort

Thesaurus

Noun

1.tetterwort - 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 expectorantbloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, puccoongenus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria - one species: bloodrootherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests