Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phytolacca \Phy`to*lac"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? plant + It. lacca
   lac.] (Bot.)
   A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries
   which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.

Source : WordNet®

Phytolacca
     n : type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed [syn: {genus
         Phytolacca}]