puccoon

n 1: perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy

foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: {Lithospermum

caroliniense}]

2: perennial woodland native of North America having a red root

and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white

flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties;

rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant [syn: {bloodroot},

{redroot}, {tetterwort}, {Sanguinaria canadensis}]