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phytolacca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phytolacca has 1 sense
- phytolacca(n = noun.plant) genus phytolacca - type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed; Array is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus
is a member of family phytolaccaceae, phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family
CIDE DICTIONARY
phytolacca, n. [NL., fr. Gr. plant + It. lacca lac.].
A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed. [1913 Webster]
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