Etymology

puccoon

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Powhatan poughkone
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  1. Powhatan · borrowed frompoughkone
  2. English todaypuccoon

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

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