lithospermum canescens
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- perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigmentSynonyms: hoary puccoonIndian paintType of herb, herbaceous plantMember of Lithospermum, genus Lithospermum
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“lithospermum canescens” is listed under Puccoon.
Puc·coon′ noun
Origin: From the American Indian name.
Botany Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (Lithospermum hirtum, and Lithospermum canescens); also, the pigment itself.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54