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Puccoon

noun

Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment. Synonym: Lithospermum caroliniense.

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" : Sanguinaria, genus Lithospermum, herbaceous plant, herb, Lithospermum, genus Sanguinaria, redroot