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sanguinaria

san.gui.nar.ia \.san-gw*-'ner-e--*, -'nar-\ n [NL, fr. L, an herb that 
   stanches blood, fr. fem. of sanguinarius sanguin]ary 1: BLOODROOT  2: the 
   rhizome and roots of a bloodroot used as an expectorant and emetic