[化] 血根草

[医] 血根属

[ noun ]
one species: bloodroot
<noun.plant>

Sanguinaria \San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Sanguinary}, a. &
n.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.

Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only
species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a
few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms
in early spring. See {Bloodroot}.

2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an
emetic, etc.