Quotes About Bloodroot

bloodroot (sense 1) early 17th century: from Algonquian poughkone. puce adj. of a dark red or purple-brown colour: his face was puce with rage and frustration. n. [mass noun] a dark red or purple-brown colour. late 18th

I finished grating a root and dropped the stub into a jar on the desk. Bloodroot is aptly named; the scientific name is Sanguinaria, and the juice is red, acrid, and sticky. The bowl in my lap was full of oozy, moist shavings, and my hands looked as though I had been disemboweling small animals.