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Meanings of puccoon in anglès

portuguès
sanguinaria
català
sanguinària del canadà
espanyol
sanguinaria canadensis

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.

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sanguinària del canadà

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

Usage of puccoon in anglès
1
To-day Mrs. Bassett rejoiced in the discovery of the season's first puccoon, showing its orange-yellow cluster on a sandy slope.
A Hoosier Chronicle
2
The blood-root, sanguinaria, or puccoon, as it is termed by some of the native tribes, is worthy of attention from the root to the flower.
The Backwoods of Canada / Being Letters from the Wife of an Emig...
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Translations for puccoon
portuguès
sanguinaria
Puccoon through the time