tetterwort

Noun tetterwort has 1 sense

• tetterwort(n = noun.plant) bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, sanguinaria canadensis - 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;
is a member of genus sanguinaria, sanguinaria
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant