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sanguinaria canadensis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.99 in modern English

Syllables
san-guinar-i-a -canaden-sis
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

bloodroot puccoon redroot tetterwort

Questions

What does sanguinaria canadensis mean?
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

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