Puccoon \Puc*coon"\, n. [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.)
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} ({Lithospermum hirtum}, and
{Lithospermum canescens}); also, the pigment itself.
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