Phytolacca

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

  Phytolacca \Phy`to*lac"ca\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. fyto`n plant
     + It. lacca lac.] (Bot.)
     A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries
     which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Phytolacca
       n : type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed [syn: {genus
           Phytolacca}]