red-puccoon

  • 1red puccoon — kanadinė sangvinarija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Aguoninių šeimos dažinis, dekoratyvinis, rauginis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Sanguinaria canadensis), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Sanguinaria canadensis angl.… …

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  • 2red-puccoon — n. Blood root, bloodwort, red root (Sanguinaria Canadensis) …

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  • 3red puccoon — noun : bloodroot 1 …

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  • 4Puccoon — IPA| [peːkɔːn] is a common name that refers to any of several plants formerly used by certain Native Americans for dyes. [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9001169/puccoon Britannica Online Encyclopedia] ] The dyes were made from the plants… …

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  • 5puccoon — /peuh koohn /, n. 1. any of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family. 2. the dye itself. [1605 15, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) poughkone the herb&#8230; …

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  • 6red-root — n. 1. New Jersay tea (Ceanothus Americanus). 2. Stoneweed, puccoon root (Lithospermum arvense). 3. Blood root, bloodwort, red puccoon (Sanguinaria Canadensis) …

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  • 7Puccoon — Puc*coon , n. [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.) 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} ({Lithospermum hirtum}, and {Lithospermum&#8230; …

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  • 8puccoon — Bloodroot Blood root , n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It&#8230; …

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  • 9puccoon — noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian poughkone Date: 1612 1. any of several American plants (as bloodroot) yielding a red or yellow pigment 2. a pigment from a puccoon …

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  • 10puccoon — n. any one of the many plants that produce a red pigment that the Indians in North America use (bloodroot, etc.); pigment produced by the puccoon plant …

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