Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties

• Rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
• Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Puccoon is a common name that refers to any of several plants formerly used by certain Native Americans for dyes . The dyes were made from the plants' roots. The name is derived from the Powhatan word poughkone .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable botany English) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of ''Lithospermum'', (taxlink Lithospermum hirtum species noshow=1) and (taxlink ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: Lithospermum caroliniense ] perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower ...