About The Word Puccoon

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Puccoon to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Puccoon definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Puccoon

Puccoon Meaning & Definition
Puccoon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Puccoon?

[n] perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
[n] perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Synonyms | Synonyms for Puccoon: bloodroot | Lithospermum caroliniense | redroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | tetterwort

Related Terms | Find terms related to Puccoon:

See Also | genus Lithospermum | genus Sanguinaria | herb | herbaceous plant | Lithospermum | Sanguinaria

Puccoon In Webster's Dictionary

\Puc*coon"\, n. [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.) 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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Euphemistically ‐ in a euphemistic manner; "his violent death was euphemistically…
  • True laurel ‐ small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries…
  • Victimisation ‐ an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly);…
  • Participation loan ‐ a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a…
  • Lady fern ‐ most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate…
  • Uncrystallized ‐ without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral";…
  • Kolkwitzia ‐ Chinese genus of 1 species:…
  • Fundamental ‐ the lowest tone of a harmonic series [adj] serving as an essential…
  • Rationalisation ‐ the organization of a business according to scientific principles…
  • Built-soap powder ‐ soap in powdered form mixed with…