puccoon

n. [植]紫草属植物

发音

其它 /pəˈkuːn/

词形变化

puccoons 复数 puccoons

别名

paucon pauson pocones

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    可数 生物 植物学 不可数
  2. 2.

    The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.

    不可数 可数

    their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew ….

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

bloodroot redroot tetterwort

上位词 1

herb

相关短语

red puccoon

词源

From Virginia Algonquian i.e. Powhatan poughkone. Related to poke, pocan.

来源：wiktionary