What does "puccoon" mean?

Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.

Puccoon

Q: What is a synonym for "puccoon"?

Common synonyms include: bloodroot, bloodroot, lithospermum caroliniense, redroot, sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort.

//pəˈkuːn// noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens. countable
"The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered."
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 wordnet
3
The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants. uncountable
"their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew …."
4
perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment wordnet