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Definition of Bloodroots
1. bloodroot [n] - See also: bloodroot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodroots
Literary usage of Bloodroots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-zone Indicators in California by Harvey Monroe Hall, Marcos Sastre, William Hamilton Gibson, Joseph Grinnell (1919)
"It is now some weeks before the wood bouquet of anemones and bloodroots may be
sought with confidence, but the honey-bee knows where to find a pioneer ..."
2. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1909)
"... Some blooms that suit the season to the mind, And seem to match the doubtin'
bluebird's note; Half-venturin' liverworts in furry coats,— bloodroots, ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... An' seem to metch the doubtin' bluebird s notes, — Half-vent'rin' liverworts
in furry coats, bloodroots, whose rolled-up leaves ef yon ..."
4. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1902)
"... nearer every day and I found traces of her footsteps in sheltered corners of
the woods,—arbutus and the shy hepatica, and bloodroots and anemones. ..."
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