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    PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA

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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 poisonousplay

    Synonyms:

    garget; Phytolacca americana; pigeon berry; poke; scoke

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)

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