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