pocan

See also: pocán

English edit

ripe pocan berries

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Powhatan pocan,^[1] poughkone.^[2] Doublet of puccoon.

Noun edit

pocan (uncountable)

The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
Synonyms: poke, pokeweed, poke salad

References edit

^ Charles L. Cutler, O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English →ISBN, 2000)
^ Oxford Dictionary of English →ISBN

“pocan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams edit

Capon, Ponca, capno-, capon, no cap

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