Search Result for "haemodoraceae":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. some genera placed in family Liliaceae;
[syn: Haemodoraceae, family Haemodoraceae, bloodwort family]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bloodwort \Blood"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (H[ae]modorace[ae]), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. [1913 Webster]
