phytolacca

WORDNET DICTIONARY

phytolacca(n = noun.plant) genus phytolacca - type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed;

is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus

is a member of family phytolaccaceae, phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family

phytolacca, n. [NL., fr. Gr. plant + It. lacca lac.].

A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed. [1913 Webster]