Definitions for puccoon

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puccoon puc·coon

Spelling: [puh-koon]

IPA: /pəˈkun/

Puccoon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in puccoon (ccnoopu).

Definitions for puccoon

noun

1. any of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family.
2. the dye itself.

Origin of puccoon

1605-15, Americanism; Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) poughkone the herb Lithospermum vulgare and the red dye made from its root (cognate with Unami Delaware pé˙kɔ˙n bloodroot)