puc·coon /(ˌ)pəˈkun/
可採紅色染料植物的總稱
Puc·coon n. 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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puccoon
n 1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy
foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: Lithospermum
caroliniense]
2: perennial woodland native of North America having a red root
and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white
flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties;
rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant [syn: bloodroot,
redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis]