Puccoon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]