Puccoon

n.

1.

(Bot.) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (Lithospermum hirtum, and Lithospermum canescens); also, the pigment itself.

Noun	1.	puccoon - perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment Synonyms: Lithospermum caroliniense
	2.	puccoon - perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort

genus Lithospermum, herb, herbaceous plant, Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense