English Dictionary

puccoon

IPA（発音記号）

/pʌˈkuːn/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable, botany) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum hirtum and Lithospermum canescens.

日本語の意味

（可算名詞、植物学）北米先住民が利用する赤い顔料を得るための、血根草やLithospermum属のいくつかの植物を指す。

The botanist recognized puccoon growing along the trail and explained how Indigenous peoples extracted pigment from it.

植物学者は小道沿いに生えている赤色の染料を得る植物を見分け、先住民がそこから色素を抽出した方法を説明した。

意味（1）

(countable, botany) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum hirtum and Lithospermum canescens.

The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.

their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew ….

puccoons （ plural ）