NOUN | plant | scoke, poke, pigeon berry, garget, Phytolacca americana | tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes |
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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. | |
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Synonyms | poke, pigeon berry, garget, Phytolacca americana | |
Broader | pokeweed | perennial of the genus Phytolacca |
Spanish | garget, phytolacca americana, scoke | |
Catalan | garget, phytolacca americana, scoke |
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