genus phytolacca

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1. type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	pokeweed,
definition	:	perennial of the genus Phytolacca (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family phytolaccaceae, phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family,
definition	:	chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma (noun.plant)