Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of puccoon.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word puccoons.

Examples

  • It seemed that there must be something almost wicked in his failure to be afield with his team in the early spring mornings when the woolly anemones appeared in their fur coats, the heralds of the later comers -- violets, sweet-williams, puccoons, and the scarlet prairie lilies.

    The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893

  • (_Myosotis_) and a few pretty wild flowers, _e. g._ the orange-flowered puccoons (_Lithospermum_); but it also embraces a number of the most troublesome weeds, among which are the hound's-tongue (_Cynoglossum_) (Fig.  119, _A_), and the "beggar's-ticks" (_Echinospermum_), whose prickly fruits (Fig.  119, _C_) become detached on the slightest provocation, and adhere to whatever they touch with great tenacity.

    Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.