puccoon
/pəˈkuːn/
puccoon noun: any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.
Noun
puccoon (countable and uncountable, plural puccoons)
- Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.
- 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
- The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
- 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
puccoon meaning in Tamil
puccoon in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Forms of puccoon
| plural | puccoons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | paucon |
| alternative form | pauson |
| alternative form | pocones |
Origin of puccoon
From Virginia Algonquian i.e. Powhatan poughkone. Related to poke, pocan.
Words formed from puccoon
- Canada puccoon
- Carolina puccoon
- fringed puccoon
- golden puccoon
- hairy puccoon
- hoary puccoon
- narrowleaf puccoon
- narrow-leaved puccoon
- puccine
- red puccoon
Words that rhyme with puccoon
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- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about puccoon
- What does puccoon mean?
- Puccoon means any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.
- What is puccoon in Tamil?
- Puccoon in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Puccoon meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is puccoon?
- Puccoon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puccoon?
- Puccoon is pronounced /pəˈkuːn/.
- What is the plural of puccoon?
- The plural of puccoon is puccoons.
Words near puccoon in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: puccoon (page history and authors); puccoon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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