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Meaning of PHYTOLACCA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
 
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 Synonyms: genus Phytolacca
 
 See Also: caryophylloid dicot genus, family Phytolaccaceae, Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed, pokeweed family

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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