scoke
[skohk]
/skoʊk/
noun
1.
pokeweed
.
Origin
1785-95,
Americanism; < a New England Algonquian language; compare
Eastern Abenaki
skókimin
pokeberry (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian
*aθko·-ka
snake +
*-i-min
berry); cf.
persimmon