puccoon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Powhatan poughkone. Puccoon thus forms a doublet with poke (“pokeweed”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
puccoon (countable and uncountable, plural puccoons)
- (countable, botany) 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, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- 2002, Stephen G Ausband, Byrd's line, page 62:
- The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered.
- 2002, Stephen G Ausband, Byrd's line, page 62:
- (uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:
- their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew [...].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:
Derived terms
- Canada puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- Carolina puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- fringed puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- golden puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- hairy puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- hoary puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- narrow-leaved puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- narrowleaf puccoon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- red puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis)
References
- “puccoon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.