puccoon n 1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: {puccoon}, {Lithospermum caroliniense}] 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 [syn: {bloodroot}, {puccoon}, {redroot}, {tetterwort}, {Sanguinaria canadensis}]
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. [1913 Webster]
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) 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}. [1913 Webster] Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. [1913 Webster]