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puc•coon
(pə ko̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family.
- the dye itself.
- Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) poughkone the herb Lithospermum vulgare and the red dye made from its root (cognate with Unami Delaware pé·kɔ·n bloodroot)
- 1605–15, American.
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