• Skokeberry

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    Perhaps a half-translation of an term for "red berry" (compare Abenaki mkw-, mskw- ("red")), in reference to the berries' red colour. Alternatively, perhaps a half-translation of an term such as Penobscot *skokimin ("snake berry"), in reference to the fact that the plant is poisonous. Compare scoke.

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    Full definition of skokeberry

    Noun

    skokeberry

    (plural skokeberries)
    1. (US) A pokeberry; a pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).

    Synonyms

    • see the list at pokeweed
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