Define the word puccoon"Puccoon" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Puccoon \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 (Lithospermum hirtum, and
Lithospermum canescens); also, the pigment itself.
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"puccoon" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red
sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort,
turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic
properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
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Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
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"puccoon" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
puccoon
n 1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy
foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: Lithospermum caroliniense]
2: 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 [syn: bloodroot,
redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis]
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