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English-Thai Dictionary

puccoon

N พืช จำพวก Lithospermum ที่ ให้ ย้อมสี แดง

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUCCOON

n.A plant, a species of Sanguinaria; the blood-root.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUCCOON

Puc *coon ", n. Etym: [From the American Indian name. ] (Bot. )

Defn: Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens ); also, the pigment itself.

New American Oxford Dictionary

puccoon

puc coon |pəˈko͞on pəˈkun | ▶noun a North American plant that yields a pigment from which dye or medicinal products are obtained, esp. formerly. [Genus Lithospermum, family Boraginaceae: several species, including hoary puccoon (L. canescens ).] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian poughkone.

Oxford Dictionary

puccoon

puccoon |pʌˈkuːn | ▶noun a North American plant which yields a pigment from which dye or medicinal products were formerly obtained. ● a yellow-flowered plant with slender leaves (genus Lithospermum, family Boraginaceae ). ● ( red puccoon ) another term for bloodroot ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Algonquian poughkone.