Definition of Phytolacca acinosa

1. Noun. Pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China.

Exact synonyms: Indian Poke
Generic synonyms: Pokeweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytolacca Acinosa

Physalis viscosa
Physaloptera
Physaria
Physarum
Physeter catodon
Physeteridae
Physicians Data Query
Physick
Physidae
Physopsis
Physostegia virginiana
Physostigma venenosum
Phytelephas macrocarpa
Phytoflagellata
Phytolacca acinosa
Phytolacca americana
Phytolacca dioica
Phytolaccaceae
Phytomastigina
Phytomastigophorasida
Phytophthora citrophthora
Phytophthora infestans
Phœbus
Phœnicopteridæ
Phæton
Piacenza
Piaf
Piaget
Piagetian

Literary usage of Phytolacca acinosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"phytolacca acinosa, Roxb. Fruit of six to eight one-seeded, baccate, drupe-like carpels. Seed oblong, 8-4 mm. long, laterally compressed ; testa smooth, ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"It has been supposed that the hyssop of the Bible is some species of Phytolacca, as phytolacca acinosa, a native of the Himalayas; but the common caper has ..."

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