puccoon

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English

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puccoon

Alternative forms

paucon, pauson
pocones

Etymology

Borrowed from Powhatan poughkone. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Doublet of poke.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pʌˈkuːn/

Noun

puccoon (countable and uncountable, plural puccoons)

(countable, botany) 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 and Lithospermum canescens.
- 2002, Stephen G Ausband, Byrd's line, page 62:
  The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered.
(uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:
  their head and shoulders painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew .

Derived terms

References

“puccoon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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