Home › Words › B › bloodwortbloodwortbloodwort means any of various plants with red roots or leaves.; Any of species Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot).EtymologyFrom blood + wort. Compare German Blutwurz, Swedish blodrot, both “tormentil”.nounAny of various plants with red roots or leaves.; Any of species Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot).Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.; Any of species Rumex sanguineus (bloody dock, wood dock, bloody-veined dock).Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.; Any of family Haemodoraceae, flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye.Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.; Sanguinary, common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.e.g.“Bloodwort is bitter, aromatic, stimulant, and tonic. It is useful in arresting bleeding.” — 1993, H K Bakhru, Herbs that Heal, page 185:Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.; Various species in the genus Sanguisorba, burnet.Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.; Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's purse.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bloodroot 75% match — A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring. vs bloodwort →sanguinaria 73% match — Any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots. vs bloodwort →redroot 70% match — Any of several plants with red roots, such as the New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus), the gromwell (Lithospermum arvense), the bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and Lachnanthes caroliniana. vs bloodwort →birthwort 67% match — Any plant of the genus Aristolochia. vs bloodwort →brownwort 66% match — A figwort of the species Scrophularia vernalis or (possibly) of certain other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers. vs bloodwort →bugwort 64% match — The plant bugbane. vs bloodwort →dragonwort 63% match — Common bistort, a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, of species Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent. vs bloodwort →boragewort 63% match — Any plant of the borage family (Boraginaceae). vs bloodwort →