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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

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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.

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