PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

Synonyms:

garget; Phytolacca americana; pigeon berry; poke; scoke

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Phytolacca americana" is a kind of...):

pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)

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