puccoon

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(pə-kūn') pronunciation
n.
    1. Any of several North American plants of the genus Lithospermum, having orange or yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye.
    2. Any of several plants, such as the bloodroot, whose roots yield a reddish dye. Also called gromwell.
  1. The dye from any of these plants.

[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]


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