Puccoonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• paucon, pauson
• pocones [17th c.]

語源

From Virginia Algonquian i.e. Powhatan poughkone. Related to poke, pocan.

発音

• IPA: /pəˈkuːn/

名詞

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 bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.
   • 2002, Stephen G Ausband, Byrd's line, page 62:

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

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 [...].

派生語

参照

• “puccoon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• puccoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lithospermum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lithospermum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sanguinaria canadensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sanguinaria canadensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons