About The Word Puccoon
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Puccoon
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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.
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