pocan

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English[edit]

ripe pocan berries

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Powhatan pocan,[1] poughkone.[2] Doublet of puccoon.

Noun[edit]

pocan (uncountable)

  1. The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
    Synonyms: poke, pokeweed, poke salad

References[edit]

  1. ^ Charles L. Cutler, O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English →ISBN, 2000)
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionary of English →ISBN

Anagrams[edit]

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