puccoon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.
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   Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
         used as a remedy for dysentery.
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