01 n. Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithosper…
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Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (Lithospermum hirtum, and Lithospermum canescens); also, the pigment itself.(Bot.)