Category:Sanguinaria

San`gui*na"ri*a, n. Etym: [nl. See sanguinary, a. & n.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: 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.