Puccoon vs Alkanet - What's the difference?
puccoon | alkanet |
(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 red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:
, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour.
Other plants of the genus.
((common bugloss)), a similar plant.
((yellow alkanet)).
((false alkanet)).
((bastard alkanet) or (field gromwell)).
((green alkanet)), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
The American puccoon.
As nouns the difference between puccoon and alkanet
is that puccoon is (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 , while alkanet is , a plant whose root is used as a red dye.puccoon
English
(wikipedia puccoon)Alternative forms
* paucon, pauson * poconesNoun
(en noun)- The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered.
- their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew [...].