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HOARY PUCCOON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoary puccoon mean?
• HOARY PUCCOON (noun)
The noun HOARY PUCCOON has 1 sense:
1. perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
Familiarity information: HOARY PUCCOON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hoary puccoon; Indian paint; Lithospermum canescens
Hypernyms ("hoary puccoon" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("hoary puccoon" is a member of...):
genus Lithospermum; Lithospermum (annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia)
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