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SANGUINARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: bloodroot
Synonyms:
genus Sanguinaria; Sanguinaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sanguinaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Sanguinaria"):
bloodroot; puccoon; redroot; Sanguinaria canadensis; tetterwort (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)
Holonyms ("Sanguinaria" is a member of...):
family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)
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