Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phytolacca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Phytolacca
n : type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed [syn: {Phytolacca}, {genus
Phytolacca}]
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