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Puccoon - What does it mean?

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puccoon

English

(wikipedia puccoon)

Alternative forms

* paucon, pauson * pocones

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum , .
  • * 2002 , Stephen G Ausband, Byrd's line , page 62:
    • The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered.
  • The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:
    • their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew [...].

    Derived terms

    * (Canada puccoon) * (Carolina puccoon) * (ringed puccoon) * (golden puccoon) * (hairy puccoon) * (hoary puccoon) * (narrow-leaved puccoon) * (narrowleaf puccoon) * (red puccoon)

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