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Puccoon definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUCCOON', n. A plant, a species of Sanguinaria; the blood-root.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: puccoon, Lithospermum caroliniense]
2: 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 [syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian poughkone Date: 1612 1. any of several American plants (as bloodroot) yielding a red or yellow pigment 2. a pigment from a puccoon

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.