puccoon

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum hirtum and Lithospermum canescens.
2. (uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.

Sinonieme

bloodroot

redroot

tetterwort

Lithospermum caroliniense

Sanguinaria canadensis

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pʌˈkuːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Powhatan poughkone. Doublet of poke.