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savoyan
[< Cdn F savoyane, saouiyane < Algonk.; cf. Cree utesaweyan dye (root)]
Obs.
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n.
an evergreen herb of the crowfoot family, Coptis trifolia; goldthread.
Quotations
1739
[As to the Tysowian . . . it was very good and gathered in the proper season . . . the Indians use to dye their quills with the root. . . .]
1807
The dyes made use of by the Indians to stain porcupine quills and feathers, which are the only things they stain, are the roots of a plant which the Canadians call Savoyan; its colour is of an orange cast.
1907
Savoyan--A name of the goldthread . . . the savoyane of Canadian French.