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phytolacca(dictionary)

healthsome (iou) and Phytolacca (medicine)


healthsome (iou)



healthsome adjective. Now rare. M16.
[formed as HEALTHFUL + -SOME1.]
Wholesome, salutary. M16.
Enjoying good Health; healthy. M16-M17.

Phytolacca (medicine)


phytolacca
<botany> A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Plant + It. Lacca lac.

Source: Websters Dictionary