puccoon

puc·coon

P0646800 (pə-ko͞on′)n.1. a. Any of several North American plants of the genus Lithospermum, having orange or yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye.b. Any of several plants, such as the bloodroot, whose roots yield a reddish dye. Also called gromwell.2. The dye from any of these plants.

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[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

puccoon

(pəˈkuːn) n1. (Plants) Also called: alkanet any of several North American boraginaceous plants of the genus Lithospermum, esp L. canescens, that yield a red dye. See also gromwell2. (Plants) any of several other plants that yield a reddish dye, esp the bloodroot (red puccoon)3. (Dyeing) the dye from any of these plants[C17: of Algonquian origin; see pokeweed]

puc•coon

(pəˈkun)

n. 1. any of certain plants, as the bloodroot and plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family, yielding a red dye. 2. the dye itself. [1612 (John Smith); < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) poughkone the herb Lithospermum vulgare and the red dye made from its root (c. Unami Delaware pé·kɔ·n bloodroot)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	puccoon - perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigmentLithospermum carolinienseherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Lithospermum, Lithospermum - annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia
	2.	puccoon - 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 expectorantbloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwortgenus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria - one species: bloodrootherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests