puccoon

(noun)

noun

1. perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Definition categories: plant, herb

2. perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant

Similar word(s): bloodroot, redroot, tetterwort

Definition categories: plant, herb