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bloodflower
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bloodflower, n. [From the color of the flower.].
A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus , of the Amaryllis family. The juice of Hæmanthus toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows. [1913 Webster]
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