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puccoon

/pəˈkuːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
puc-coon
IPA
/pəˈkuːn/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable

noun

The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

puccoons (plural) paucon (alternative) pauson (alternative) pocones (alternative)

Derived Forms

puccine

Phrases

Canada puccoon Carolina puccoon fringed puccoon golden puccoon hairy puccoon hoary puccoon narrowleaf puccoon narrow-leaved puccoon

Synonyms

bloodroot redroot tetterwort sanguinaria canadensis lithospermum caroliniense

Rhymes With

soon june afternoon moon man in the moon blue moon tune immune noon cartoon balloon spoon

Questions

How do you pronounce puccoon?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈkuːn/.
What does puccoon mean?
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.
Where does puccoon come from?
From Virginia Algonquian i.e. Powhatan poughkone. Related to poke, pocan.

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