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Definition of Puccoon
1. Noun. Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.
Exact synonyms: Lithospermum Caroliniense
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Lithospermum, Lithospermum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Lithospermum, Lithospermum
2. 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.
Exact synonyms: Bloodroot, Redroot, Sanguinaria Canadensis, Tetterwort
Group relationships: Genus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Puccoon
1. n. 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.
Definition of Puccoon
1. Noun. (botany) 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 obtained from these plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puccoon
1. an herb that yields a red dye [n -S]