| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.[Wordnet]
2. European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America.[Wordnet]. | |
| Expression | 1. An alternative spelling for "Bloodroot ": A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Common Expressions: Indian paint
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Indian paint | 1: See Bloodroot . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 3: European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
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