pocan

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English

ripe pocan berries

Etymology

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

Noun

pocan (uncountable)

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

References

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

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