type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
A plant genus of the family PHYTOLACCACEAE, order Caryophyllales.
Poke-root; an alterative.
Poke; a genus of shrubs or herbs (rarely trees) of the Chenopodiales. The species are acrid and emetic. Of the U. S. Ph., the root of P. decandra. The fluidextract of poke root is official in the U. S. Ph.
