Noun: garget gaa(r)-gut
- 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
"Children were warned to avoid the poisonous berries of the garget plant";
- poke, pigeon berry, scoke, Phytolacca americana
Derived forms: gargets
Type of: pokeweed
Encyclopedia: Garget