sanguinaria

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

Noun

sanguinaria (plural sanguinarias)

  1. (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.
  2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, once used medicinally as an emetic, etc.

Derived terms

References

Italian

Adjective

sanguinaria

  1. feminine singular of sanguinario

Latin

Adjective

sanguināria

  1. inflection of sanguinārius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

sanguināriā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sanguinārius

References

Spanish

Adjective

sanguinaria

  1. feminine singular of sanguinario