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- [puh-koon]
- /pəˈkun/
- /pʌkˈuːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-koon]
- /pəˈkun/
Definitions of puccoon word
- noun puccoon any of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family. 1
- noun puccoon the dye itself. 1
- noun puccoon any of several North American boraginaceous plants of the genus Lithospermum, esp L. canescens, that yield a red dye 0
- noun puccoon any of several other plants that yield a reddish dye, esp the bloodroot (red puccoon) 0
- noun puccoon the dye from any of these plants 0
- noun puccoon gromwell 0
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Origin of puccoon
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
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)
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Parts of speech for Puccoon
noun
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preposition
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puccoon popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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