Puccoon - Definition
puccoon
n 1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy
foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: puccoon,
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 [syn:
bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria
canadensis]