Answer: bloodroots

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BLOODROOTSRed puccoons
bloodrootsA lilylike Australian plant with a red rhizome that is roasted and eaten by some Aborigines
bloodrootsBLOODROOT, a plant with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring, aka puccoon, redroot
bloodrootsA North American plant of the poppy family that has white flowers and fleshy underground rhizomes that exude red sap when cut