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garget
(encz) | garget, n: |
Garget
(gcide) | Garget \Garget\, n. [OE. garget, gargate, throat, OF. gargate.
Cf. Gorge. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.]
1. The throat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising
from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
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3. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of
appetite. --Youatt.
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4. (Bot.) See Poke.
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garget
(gcide) | Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca
(Phytolacca decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries;
-- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and
pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative
properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are
sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the
berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
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garget
(wn) | garget
n 1: 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 [syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget,
scoke, Phytolacca americana] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
garget
(encz) | garget, n: |
garget
(gcide) | Garget \Garget\, n. [OE. garget, gargate, throat, OF. gargate.
Cf. Gorge. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.]
1. The throat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising
from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
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3. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of
appetite. --Youatt.
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4. (Bot.) See Poke.
[1913 Webster]Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca
(Phytolacca decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries;
-- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and
pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative
properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are
sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the
berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
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garget
(wn) | garget
n 1: 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 [syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget,
scoke, Phytolacca americana] |
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