Tetterwort \Tet"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot. [1913 Webster]

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Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria. [1913 Webster]

Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. [1913 Webster]

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tetterwort

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Tetterwort \Tet"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)