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Definition of Bloodwort
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter.
Group relationships: Bloodwort Family, Family Haemodoraceae, Haemodoraceae
Definition of Bloodwort
1. n. A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.
Definition of Bloodwort
1. Noun. The plant bloodroot. ¹
2. Noun. ''Rumex sanguineus'', the bloody-veined dock. ¹
3. Noun. Any of the Haemodoraceae, a family of flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloodwort
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Medical Definition of Bloodwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodwort
Literary usage of Bloodwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1859)
"... (bloodwort FAMILY.) Herbs, with fibrous roots, usually equitant ¡eaves, and
perfect 3 ... bloodwort ..."
2. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"E. bloodwort FAMILY. Fibrous-rooted, herbaceous plants, with perfect and regular
3-6-androus flowers, which are scurfy or woolly outside; perianth tubular ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... adv. in US Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse bloodwort, Ling Gowans, Felon-herb; Ger.
... Snake Plantain, Striped bloodwort, bloodwort, Early Hawkweed. ..."
4. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1859)
"... (bloodwort FAMILY.) Herbs, with fibrous roots, usually equitant ¡eaves, and
perfect 3 ... bloodwort ..."
5. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"E. bloodwort FAMILY. Fibrous-rooted, herbaceous plants, with perfect and regular
3-6-androus flowers, which are scurfy or woolly outside; perianth tubular ..."
6. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... adv. in US Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse bloodwort, Ling Gowans, Felon-herb; Ger.
... Snake Plantain, Striped bloodwort, bloodwort, Early Hawkweed. ..."
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