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1. n. Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
2. n. perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
3. 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
4. Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
5. Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is usedby the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species ofLithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
6. n perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment 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