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scoke

[skohk]
–noun
pokeweed.

Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; < a New England Algonquian language; cf. Eastern Abenaki skókimin pokeberry (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *aθko⋅-ka snake + *-i-min berry); cf. persimmon
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scoke

noun
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

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