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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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