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Meaning of PUCCOON

Pronunciation:  pu'koon

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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
  2. [n]  perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
 
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 Synonyms: bloodroot, Lithospermum caroliniense, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort
 
 See Also: genus Lithospermum, genus Sanguinaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Lithospermum, Sanguinaria

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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