puccoon
1. 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 • Syn: bloodroot, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Sanguinaria, genus Sanguinaria 2. perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment • Syn: Lithospermum caroliniense • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Lithospermum, genus Lithospermum
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