Term Gallery logo

Meanings of puccoon in English

Portuguese
sanguinaria
Catalan
sanguinària del canadà
Spanish
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.

See more
sanguinaria

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

Usage of puccoon in English
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...
Frequent collocations
Translations for puccoon
Portuguese
sanguinaria
Puccoon through the time