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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant |
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TETTERWORT is a 10 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis |
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| | See Also: | | genus Sanguinaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Sanguinaria |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tet"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the
calendine, in America the bloodroot.
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