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Definition of Phytolacca acinosa
1. Noun. Pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytolacca Acinosa
Literary usage of Phytolacca acinosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Phytolacca acinosa, Roxb. Fruit of six to eight one-seeded, baccate, drupe-like
carpels. Seed oblong, 8-4 mm. long, laterally compressed ; testa smooth, ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"It has been supposed that the hyssop of the Bible is some species of Phytolacca,
as Phytolacca acinosa, a native of the Himalayas; but the common caper has ..."