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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sanguinaria \San'gui*na"ri*a\, noun [NL. See {Sanguinary}, adjective & n.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See {Bloodroot}.
2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Sanguinaria
noun: 1 species: bloodroot [syn: {genus Sanguinaria}]
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