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Definition of Phytolacca americana
1. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytolacca Americana
Literary usage of Phytolacca americana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"About 24 species, the following typical one of eastern North America, the others
tropical. i. phytolacca americana L. Poke. ..."
2. A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus by Richard Pulteney (1805)
"There is a pretty full inquiry into the virtues of Spigelia Anthelmintica, or
Indian Pink ; phytolacca americana, or Poke-weed ; Poly gala Senega; ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"phytolacca americana L. by right of priority should be accepted, but P. decandra L.
is used in conformity with the Pharmacopoeia. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"POKEWEED, POKEBERRY, POKE- ROOT, or POCAN, a strong-smelling perennial herb (Phytolacca
americana of the family ..."
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