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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 899 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POKEBERRY, POKEWEED (from the See also:American-See also:Indian pecan, applied to any plant yielding a red or yellow dye) , in See also:botany, the popular name of Phytolacca decandra, a strong-smelling perennial See also:herb, a native of See also:North See also:America, with ovate-lanceolate See also:sharp-pointed leaves, racemes of small greenish-See also:white See also:flowers and flattish berries nearly 'z in. in See also:diameter, which contain a See also:crimson juice. The See also:young See also:asparagus-like shoots are sometimes used as a pot-herb, but the roots are poisonous. The plant is often cultivated in See also:Europe, and has become naturalized in the Mediterranean region.

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