noun
- a North American plant with white flowers and red sap, also called bloodroot
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Sanguinaria canadensis blooms in early spring woodlands.
- The red sap of sanguinaria was traditionally used as a dye.
- Native Americans used sanguinaria for medicinal purposes.
- Bloodroot, or sanguinaria, has distinctive lobed leaves.
- The white petals of sanguinaria appear before the leaves fully emerge.