1) Bloodroot 2) Redroot 3) Tetterwort
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1) Herb 2) Herbaceous plant 3) Lithospermum caroliniense 4) The dye itself
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Puccoon n is a common name that refers to any of several plants formerly used by certain Native Americans for dyes. The dyes were made from the plants` roots. The name is derived from the Powhatan word poughkone. ==Types== ...
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blood-root; dark red colour
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• (n.) 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 (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
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Red or yellow dye from a puccoon plant, like blood root.
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any of several plants formerly used by certain North American Indians for dyes derived from the roots, the term being an Algonquian name for dye. ...
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Puc·coon' noun [ From the American Indian name.]
(Botany) 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 (
Latin hirtum , and
Latin canescens ); also, the pigment itself.
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[
n] - perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
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noun perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
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any of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family. · the dye itself.
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