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Noun: Phytolacca americana
  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
    - poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke

Type of: pokeweed

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