Noun: scoke skowk
- 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 scoke plant";
- poke, pigeon berry, garget, Phytolacca americana
Derived forms: scokes
Type of: pokeweed
Encyclopedia: Scoke