skokeberry
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps a half-translation of an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "alg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. term for "red berry" (compare Abenaki mkw-, mskw- (“red”)), in reference to the berries' red colour. Alternatively, perhaps a half-translation of an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "alg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. term such as (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Penobscot *skokimin (“snake berry”), in reference to the fact that the plant is poisonous. Compare scoke.[1]
Noun
skokeberry (plural skokeberries)
- (US) A pokeberry; a pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).
Synonyms
- see the list at pokeweed
References
- ^ “scoke”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.