puccoon -
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
puccoon -
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 L. hirtum and L. canescens.
puccoon -
The red pigment dye obtained from these plants.