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puccoon.

Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.

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noun/pəˈkuːn/
  1. Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.

    countable
  2. The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Virginia Algonquian i.e. Powhatan poughkone. Related to poke, pocan.

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