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PUCCOON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does puccoon mean?
• PUCCOON (noun)
The noun PUCCOON has 2 senses:
1. perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
2. perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
Familiarity information: PUCCOON used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lithospermum caroliniense; puccoon
Hypernyms ("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 ("puccoon" is a member of...):
genus Lithospermum; Lithospermum (annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bloodroot; puccoon; redroot; Sanguinaria canadensis; tetterwort
Hypernyms ("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 ("puccoon" is a member of...):
genus Sanguinaria; Sanguinaria (one species: bloodroot)
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