Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puccoon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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