Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
[syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americana]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Phytolacca americana
n 1: 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 [syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget,
scoke, Phytolacca americana]