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Type genus of Phytolaccaceae pokeweed
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phytolacca
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phytolacca \Phy`to*lac"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? plant + It. lacca lac.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
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Phytolacca is a genus of perennial plants native to North America , South America , East Asia and New Zealand . Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush , pokeberry , pokeroot or poke sallet . Other names for species ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Phytolacca'' of herbaceous plants; the poke or pokeweed.