Difference between Bloodroot and Puccoon

What is the difference between Bloodroot and Puccoon?

Bloodroot as a noun is a north american plant, sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring. while Puccoon as a noun is 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 (l. hirtum, and l. canescens); also.

Bloodroot

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.

Puccoon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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 (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also.The pigment from these plants.

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