pokeweed

poke (“Phytolacca americana”) +‎ weed. The first element, poke, is from Powhatan.[1][2]

pokeweed (plural pokeweeds)

1. A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.

• poke, pokeberry, pokeroot, American pokeweed, Virginian poke, pocan
• inkberry
• skokeberry, scoke; coakum

• poke salad
• poke salet