different between puccoon vs alkanet

English

Alternative forms

• paucon, pauson
• pocones [17th c.]

Etymology

From Powhatan poughkone. Puccoon thus forms a doublet with poke (“pokeweed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??ku?n/

Noun

puccoon (countable and uncountable, plural puccoons)

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.
2. (uncountable) The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:

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

Derived terms

• Canada puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis)
• Carolina puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
• fringed puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)
• golden puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
• hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
• hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
• narrow-leaved puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)
• narrowleaf puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)
• red puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis)

References

• puccoon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña.

Noun

alkanet (countable and uncountable, plural alkanets)

1. Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
2. The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour.
3. Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
4. Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant.
5. Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet).
6. Anchusa barrelieri (false alkanet).
7. Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell).
8. Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
9. Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).

Synonyms

• (Alkanna tinctoria): orchanet

Translations

Anagrams

• kantela, take an L

Finnish

Verb

alkanet

1. Second-person singular potential present form of alkaa.

Anagrams

• lenkata, telakan

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

alkanet n

1. definite singular of alkan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alkanet n

1. definite singular of alkan