puccoonn.

Brit.

/pəˈkuːn/,

/pʌˈkuːn/, U.S.

/pəˈkun/

Forms: 1600s pochon, 1600s pochone, 1600s pocones, 1700s pecoon, 1700s pochoon, 1700s pocoon, 1700s puckoon, 1700s–1800s poccoon, 1700s– puccoon, 1800s– percoon. N.E.D. (1909) also records a form 1600s pohcoon.

Origin: A borrowing from Virginia Algonquian. Etymon: Virginia Algonquian poughkone.

Etymology: < Virginia Algonquian poughkone the plant Lithospermum vulgare; compare Unami Delaware pé·kɔ·n bloodroot.Compare the following example of the Virginia Algonquian word in an English context:c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) App. A 197/1 Poughkone, [v.r. Poughcone], the red paint or dye.

Any of several plants of eastern North America whose roots were used by North American Indians as a source of dyes; esp. Lithospermum canescens (family Boraginaceae) and bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, which both yield a red dye, and goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, which yields a yellow dye; frequently with distinguishing word. Also: a root or pigment obtained from any of these plants.

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puccoon1609

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African turmeric1888

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1609 in S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company (1933) III. 17 You shall finde a braue and fruiteful seate..much more abundant in Pochon and in the grasse silke called Cour del Cherva and in vines [in margin ‘Silke grase vines’], then any parte of this land knowne vnto us.

1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 13 Pocones is a small roote that groweth in the mountaines, which being dryed and beate in powder turneth red.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 23 They have the Puccoon and Musquaspen, Two Roots, with which the Indians use to paint themselves red.

1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 172 They sometimes use Pecoon-Root, which is of a Crimson Colour, but it is apt to die the Hair of an ugly Hue.

1775 N. Cresswell Jrnl. (1924) 72 Clark..showed me a root which the Indians call pocoon, good for the bite of a Rattle Snake.

1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 15 Hydrastis, L. Orange-root. Yellow-puccoon.

1857 Lancet 7 Nov. 474/2 Dr. Fell's idea of curing it [sc. cancer] by puccoon being visionary, unwarrantable, and likely to lead to the most disastrous results.

1934 J. Stuart Man with Bull-Tongue Plow 340 Farewell to Springtime in Kentucky hills; Farewell to dogwood blossoms and percoon; To blood-root in the wind and daffodils.

1948 Life 5 Apr. 59/1 In the left foreground grow purplish wild phlox and verbena alongside orange puccoon.

1960 Geogr. Rev. 50 18 Bloodroot or red puccoon..has been listed in the formulary for a long time.

1972 Steven's Point (Wisc.) Daily Jrnl. 31 May 10/1 Puccoon makes a shining carpet across the Chiwaukee Prairie.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 105 There are..many beautiful wildflowers such as turk's cap lily, Carolina mallow.., hoary puccoon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puccoon
释义	puccoonn. Brit. /pəˈkuːn/, /pʌˈkuːn/, U.S. /pəˈkun/ Forms: 1600s pochon, 1600s pochone, 1600s pocones, 1700s pecoon, 1700s pochoon, 1700s pocoon, 1700s puckoon, 1700s–1800s poccoon, 1700s– puccoon, 1800s– percoon. N.E.D. (1909) also records a form 1600s pohcoon. Origin: A borrowing from Virginia Algonquian. Etymon: Virginia Algonquian poughkone. Etymology: < Virginia Algonquian poughkone the plant Lithospermum vulgare; compare Unami Delaware pé·kɔ·n bloodroot.Compare the following example of the Virginia Algonquian word in an English context:c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) App. A 197/1 Poughkone, [v.r. Poughcone], the red paint or dye. Any of several plants of eastern North America whose roots were used by North American Indians as a source of dyes; esp. Lithospermum canescens (family Boraginaceae) and bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, which both yield a red dye, and goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, which yields a yellow dye; frequently with distinguishing word. Also: a root or pigment obtained from any of these plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > other dye-plants and plant parts turnsole1578 puccoon1609 indigo weed1785 African turmeric1888 carajura1966 1609 in S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company (1933) III. 17 You shall finde a braue and fruiteful seate..much more abundant in Pochon and in the grasse silke called Cour del Cherva and in vines [in margin ‘Silke grase vines’], then any parte of this land knowne vnto us. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 13 Pocones is a small roote that groweth in the mountaines, which being dryed and beate in powder turneth red. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 23 They have the Puccoon and Musquaspen, Two Roots, with which the Indians use to paint themselves red. 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 172 They sometimes use Pecoon-Root, which is of a Crimson Colour, but it is apt to die the Hair of an ugly Hue. 1775 N. Cresswell Jrnl. (1924) 72 Clark..showed me a root which the Indians call pocoon, good for the bite of a Rattle Snake. 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 15 Hydrastis, L. Orange-root. Yellow-puccoon. 1857 Lancet 7 Nov. 474/2 Dr. Fell's idea of curing it [sc. cancer] by puccoon being visionary, unwarrantable, and likely to lead to the most disastrous results. 1934 J. Stuart Man with Bull-Tongue Plow 340 Farewell to Springtime in Kentucky hills; Farewell to dogwood blossoms and percoon; To blood-root in the wind and daffodils. 1948 Life 5 Apr. 59/1 In the left foreground grow purplish wild phlox and verbena alongside orange puccoon. 1960 Geogr. Rev. 50 18 Bloodroot or red puccoon..has been listed in the formulary for a long time. 1972 Steven's Point (Wisc.) Daily Jrnl. 31 May 10/1 Puccoon makes a shining carpet across the Chiwaukee Prairie. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 105 There are..many beautiful wildflowers such as turk's cap lily, Carolina mallow.., hoary puccoon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609
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