Tetterwort Meaning

There are 1 meaning(s) for word Tetterwort

Meaning 1 : 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

    Synonyms : bloodroot,  puccoon,  redroot,  sanguinaria canadensis