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What (who) is puccoon - definition
Puccoon
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
·noun 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.
puccoon
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
[p?'ku:n]
¦ noun a white or yellow-flowered North American plant yielding a dye. [Several species, mainly in the genus Lithospermum.]
Origin
C17: from Algonquian poughkone.
Bloodroot
![A [[double-flowered]] form](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Double Sanguinaria.jpg?width=200 "A [[double-flowered]] form")
.jpg?width=200 "Leaves after flowering")
 wildflower.JPG?width=200 "Rhizomes with orange flesh")
GENUS OF PLANTS
Blood-root; Blood root; Red puccoon; Bloodwort; Bloodroot; Sanguinaria canadensis; Canada puccoon; Black paste
·noun 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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Puccoon
thumb|240px|right|[[Bloodroot|Sanguinaria canadensis. Canada Puccoon, or Bloodwort.
