GARGET

poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americana

(noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

garget (plural gargets)

(obsolete) The throat.

An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder.

A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.

Pokeweed.

Anagrams

• tagger

Source: Wiktionary


Garget, n. Etym: [OE. garget, gargate, throat, OF. gargate. Cf. Gorge. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.]

1. The throat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.

3. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite. Youatt.

4. (Bot.)

Definition: See Poke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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