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Phytolacca

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Phy`to`lac´ca
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
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Noun1.Phytolacca - type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweedPhytolacca - type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
family Phytolaccaceae, Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family - chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma
pokeweed - perennial of the genus Phytolacca


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