redroot

noun

1. perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant

   noun.plant

   Synonyms bloodroot puccoon sanguinaria canadensis tetterwort

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under <u>Tea</u>), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the <i>Lachnanthes tinctoria</i>, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

   noun

   Source: webster1913