sanguinária

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See also: sanguinaria, and Sanguinaria

Portuguese

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sanguinaria. By surface analysis, sangue +‎ -n- +‎ ária.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾja/

  • Rhymes: -aɾiɐ
  • Hyphenation: san‧gui‧ná‧ri‧a

Noun

sanguinária m (plural sanguinárias)

  1. bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, a North American poppy)
    Synonym: sanguinária-do-canadá
  2. common knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare, widespread herb native to Eurasia)
    Synonyms: centonódia, erva-da-ferradeira, erva-da-muda, erva-da-saúde, erva-das-galinhas, erva-dos-passarinhos, língua-de-perdiz, persicária-sempre-noiva, sanguinha, sempre-noiva-dos-modernos

Adjective

sanguinária

  1. feminine singular of sanguinário