phytolacca Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
    genus Phytolacca.

WordNet

Phy`to*lac"ca noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. plant + It. lacca lac.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.

Webster 1913