phytolacca americana

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phytolacca americana - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]