sanguinaria
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Noun
sanguinaria (plural sanguinarias)
- (botany) Any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots.
- 1871, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, volume 3, page 108:
- […] the violets, houstonias, hepaticas, and sanguinarias, which take so kindly to home cultivation.
- The rootstock of the bloodroot, once used medicinally as an emetic, etc.
Derived terms
References
- “sanguinaria”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Adjective
sanguinaria
- feminine singular of sanguinario
Latin
Adjective
sanguināria
- inflection of sanguinārius:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural
Adjective
sanguināriā
- ablative feminine singular of sanguinārius
References
- "sanguinaria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Adjective
sanguinaria
- feminine singular of sanguinario