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]