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  • 111Poterium — noun a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae • Syn: ↑genus Poterium • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family …

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  • 112Poterium sanguisorba — noun European garden herb with purple tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads • Syn: ↑salad burnet, ↑burnet bloodwort, ↑pimpernel • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 113bloody dock — noun : bloodwort 2 …

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  • 114mouse-ear — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English mousere, from mous mouse + ere ear more at ear 1. a. or mouse ear hawkweed : a European haw …

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  • 115blood|root — «BLUHD ROOT, RUT», noun. 1. a common wild plant of North America that has a red root, red sap, and a white flower that blooms in early spring. It belongs to the poppy family. The sap extracted from its root was formerly used in medicine as a… …

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  • 116blood|wort — «BLUHD WURT», noun. 1. any plant of the bloodwort family. 2. any one of several other plants with red roots, stems, or leaves, such as the bloodroot, dock, and hawkweed. ╂[Middle English blodwurt < blod blood + wurt wort2] …

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  • 117red|root — «REHD ROOT, RUT», noun. 1. a North American plant of the bloodwort family with sword shaped leaves, woolly, yellow flowers, and a red root used in dyeing. 2. any one of various other plants with red roots, such as the bloodroot, the alkanet, and… …

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