skokeberry
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See also: skoke berry
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a half-translation of an Algonquian term for "red berry" (compare Abenaki mkw-, mskw- (“red”)), in reference to the berries' red colour. Alternatively, perhaps a half-translation of an Algonquian term such as Penobscot *skokimin (“snake berry”), in reference to the fact that the plant is poisonous. Compare scoke.[1]
Noun
[edit]skokeberry (plural skokeberries)
- (US) A pokeberry; a pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).
Synonyms
[edit]- see the list at pokeweed
References
[edit]- ^ “scoke”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.