phytolacca

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Phytolacca
    n 1: type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed [syn: {Phytolacca},
         {genus Phytolacca}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Phytolacca \Phy`to*lac"ca\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. fyto`n plant
   + It. lacca lac.] (Bot.)
   A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries
   which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
   [1913 Webster]