skokeberry

See also: skoke berry

English

Alternative forms

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.[1]

Noun

skokeberry (plural skokeberries)

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

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References
  1. “scoke” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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