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puccoon n. 可采红色染料植物的总称 可采红色染料植物的总称 puccoon n 1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [ synonym: { 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 [ synonym: { bloodroot}, { puccoon}, { redroot}, { tetterwort}, { Sanguinaria canadensis}] Puccoon \ Puc* coon"\, n. [ From the American Indian name.] ( 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Bloodroot \ Blood" root`\, n. ( Bot.) A plant ({ Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also { puccoon}, { redroot}, { bloodwort}, { tetterwort}, { turmeric}, and { Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See { Sanguinaria}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster]
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