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Puccoon

noun
1.
Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.  Synonym: Lithospermum caroliniense.
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.  Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort.



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Words linked to "Puccoon" :   genus Sanguinaria, herbaceous plant, Lithospermum, Sanguinaria, genus Lithospermum, herb


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