Skokeberry Definition

noun

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

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Noun

Singular:
skokeberry
Plural:
skokeberries

Origin of Skokeberry

  • 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.

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