Puccoon Definition

pə-ko͝on

noun

Webster's New World

Any of several North American plants of the genus Lithospermum, having orange or yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye.

American Heritage

Any of several plants, such as the bloodroot, whose roots yield a reddish dye.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

A dye from either of these plants.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Puccoon

Singular:

puccoon

Plural:

puccoons

From Powhatan poughkone. Puccoon thus forms a doublet with poke (“pokeweed").

From Wiktionary
Of Virginia Algonquian origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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