puccoon

Meaning

Noun

• 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, Lithospermum hirtum (species) and Lithospermum canescens (species).
• The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.

Origin

• From Powhatan poughkone. Puccoon thus forms a doublet with poke.