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labrum (medicine)


labrum


1. A lip or edge, as of a basin.

2. <zoology> An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

Origin: L.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Bloodroot (medicine)


bloodroot
<botany> A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.

Source: Websters Dictionary