Noun: Phytolacca americana
- 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 Phytolacca americana plant";
- poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke
Type of: pokeweed
Encyclopedia: Phytolacca americana