Definition of "sanguinaria" []

• The bloodroot. (noun)

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• "Take podophyllin and sanguinaria, of each ten grains; leptandrin, twenty grains; white sugar, forty grains."
• "Take podophyllin, sixty grains; leptandrin and sanguinaria, ipecac and pure cayenne, each thirty grains."
• "Take pulverized skunk cabbage root, two drams; pulverized extract of liquorice, one dram; sanguinaria and macrotin, of each thirty grains."