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PUCCOON
bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
(noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
puccoon, Lithospermum caroliniense
(noun) perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
puccoon (countable and uncountable, plural puccoons)
(countable, botany) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum hirtum and Lithospermum canescens.
(uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Puc*coon", n. Etym: [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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