How to Use bloodroot in a Sentence

bloodroot

noun
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  • Wild leek, the onion-pungent perennial prized by cooks, came up at the same time as paper-white bloodroot, wrapped in the cloak of its solitary leaf.
    — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2020
  • By mid-June, the wood anemone and its springtime companions, like trout lily or bloodroot, have celebrated their brief moment in the sun.
    — Dave Taft, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • This perennial native is in the poppy family, and gets its common name bloodroot, because the root, when cut exudes a red sap which was used as a red dye.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Thus bloodroot, or Sanguinaria canadensis, whose roots and rhizomes secrete a red sap when cut, was once thought to heal blood disorders and hasten wound healing.
    — Amanda Fortini, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Where happy, bloodroot naturalizes into a charming patch from both rhizomes and seeds.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Early spring native flowers such as bloodroot, wild geranium, Virginia bluebells and shooting star are key in helping them before much else is blooming.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Gently parting tender new vegetation, Wood uncovers the first of the season’s white bloodroot flowers.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Trilliums, bloodroot, violets—many wildflowers of spring in eastern North America bloom thanks to ants.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The move cut off a valuable supply of river cane, bloodroot, sage and other plants, which can be difficult to find on the Cherokee Nation’s reservation in northeastern Oklahoma, on the border with Arkansas.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Wild indigo, river cane, wild onion, hickory, bloodroot and sage are among the species that members of the tribe can now gather at Buffalo National River, which was established in 1972 as the country’s first national river.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Their lingering foliage offers a week or so of green respite — and then spring kicks in with effusions of dicentra, uvularias, bloodroot and trilliums, with some Italian windflowers and Virginia bluebells joining the party.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Inspired by the bloodroot herb, which has historically been used as a tool of protection for families in the southern Creole culture, models walked the runway wearing Victorian lace dresses and military workwear.
    — Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Lovers of native flowers may already be familiar with some of the selections, including various trillium species, Virginia bluebell, wild ginger, cardinal flower, lobelia, bloodroot, blue and black cohosh, blazing star and Allegheny spurge.
    — Chris M. Worrell, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2021

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