English Explanatory Dictionary

skokeberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pokeberry or pokeweed plant (Phytolacca americana) or its dark red or purple fruit.

Word forms

skokeberry skokeberries skoke berry

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

the list at pokeweed
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