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POKEBERRY, POKEWEED (from the American-Indian pecan, applied to any plant yielding a red or yellow dye)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 899 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
POKEBERRY, POKEWEED (from the American-Indian pecan, applied to any plant yielding a red or yellow dye) , in botany, the popular name of Phytolacca decandra, a strong-smelling perennial herb, a native of North America, with ovate-lanceolate
sharp
 -pointed leaves, racemes of small greenish-
white
 
flowers
  and flattish berries nearly 'z in. in
diameter
 , which contain a crimson juice. The
young
  asparagus-like shoots are sometimes used as a pot-herb, but the roots are poisonous. The plant is often cultivated in Europe, and has become naturalized in the Mediterranean region.


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