puccoon

1. (countable, botany) 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.Examples: "The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered."countable

2. (uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.Examples: "their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew …."uncountable