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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.

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sanguinaria

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

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Examples for "bloodroot"
Examples for "bloodroot"
1
Eric crowned himself with bloodroot and contrived grass sandals for his feet.
The Little House in the Fairy Wood
2
She found clumps of bloodroot, great anemone-flowers that she picked by the handful.
I've Married Marjorie
3
A drop of orange-red sap from bloodroot smeared between the toes twice a day.
The day the falls stood still
4
Rachel found the bloodroot first, under a shaded outcrop where a spring head seeped.
Serena
5
By this time the hepatica, anemone saxifrage, arbutus, houstonia, and bloodroot may be counted on.
Wake-Robin
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...
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Translations for puccoon
Portuguese
sanguinaria
Puccoon through the time