Garget

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garget \Garget\, n. [OE. garget, gargate, throat, OF. gargate.
     Cf. {Gorge}. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.]
     1. The throat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising


        from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
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     3. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of
        appetite. --Youatt.
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     4. (Bot.) See {Poke}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
     A large North American herb of the genus {Phytolacca}
     ({Phytolacca decandra}), bearing dark purple juicy berries;
     -- called also {garget}, {pigeon berry}, {pocan}, and
     {pokeweed}. The root and berries have emetic and purgative
     properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are
     sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the
     berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  garget
       n : 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}, {scoke}, {Phytolacca
           americana}]