"skokeberry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skokeberries [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|alg|-}} Algonquian, {{cog|abe||mkw-, mskw-|red}} Abenaki mkw-, mskw- (“red”), {{der|en|alg|-}} Algonquian, {{cog|aaq|-}} Penobscot Head templates: {{en-noun}} skokeberry (plural skokeberries)
  1. (US) A pokeberry or pokeweed plant (Phytolacca americana) or its dark red or purple fruit. Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Berries, Caryophyllales order plants Synonyms: the list at pokeweed, skoke berry
    Sense id: en-skokeberry-en-noun-2jdSw7Ld Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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