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Meanings of puccoon in inglés

portugués
sanguinaria
catalán
sanguinària del canadà
español
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 canadensis

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

              Sinónimos
              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 inglés
              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
              portugués
              sanguinaria
              Puccoon through the time