puccoon

Noun

• 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

• perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bloodroot , redroot , tetterwort , Sanguinaria canadensis , Lithospermum caroliniense