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POKEWEED POKEBERRY (from the American...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 899 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POKEBERRY (from the
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American-
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Indian pecan, applied to any plant yielding a red or yellow dye)
  , in botany, the popular name of Phytolacca decandra, a strong-smelling perennial herb, a native of North
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America, with ovate-lanceolate sharp-pointed leaves, racemes of small greenish-white flowers and flattish berries nearly 'z in. in diameter, which contain a
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crimson juice . The young
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asparagus-like shoots are sometimes used as a pot-herb, but the roots are poisonous . The plant is often cultivated in
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Europe, and has become naturalized in the Mediterranean region .

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