bloodwort

bloodwort

English

Sanguinaria canadensis

Wikispecies

Etymology

blood +‎ wort

Noun

bloodwort (usually uncountable, plural bloodworts)

1. Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.
   1. The plant bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
   2. Rumex sanguineus, bloody dock, wood dock, bloody-veined dock.
   3. Any of the Haemodoraceae, a family of flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye.
2. Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.
   1. Sanguinary, common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
      • 1993, H K Bakhru, Herbs that Heal‎, page 185:

        Bloodwort is bitter, aromatic, stimulant, and tonic. It is useful in arresting bleeding.

   2. Various species in the genus Sanguisorba, burnet.
   3. Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's purse.

Translations

Sanguinaria canadensis

Finnish: lumikki (fi)

Rumex sanguineus

Finnish: punahierakka

plant of genus Haemodoraceae

Finnish: kenguruntassu (fi)

References

• bloodwort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “bloodwort, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2012.