bloodroot

English

Bloodroot

Wikispecies

Etymology

blood +‎ root

Noun

bloodroot (usually uncountable, plural bloodroots)

1. A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.

Synonyms

• (Sanguinaria canadensis): bloodwort, red puccoon root, pauson, tetterwort

Translations

plant

• Catalan: sanguinària del Canadà f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血根草 (xiěgēncǎo)

• Danish: blodurt
• Finnish: lumikki (fi)
• French: sanguinaire (fr) f (du Canada)
• German: Blutwurz (de) f
• Japanese: 赤根草 (あかねぐさ, akanegusa)
• Portuguese: sanguinária do Canadá f
• Russian: лапча́тка (ru) f (lapčátka), во́лчья стопа́ f (vólčʹja stopá) (кана́дская)
• Spanish: sanguinaria f
• Welsh: gwaedwraidd m