PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phytolacca americana mean? 

• PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

garget; Phytolacca americana; pigeon berry; poke; scoke

Hypernyms ("Phytolacca americana" is a kind of...):

pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)

 Context examples 

A mouse-derived anti-human CD19 monoclonal antibody linked to pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) antiviral protein (PAP) with antileukemic activity.

(B43-PAP immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)