'Garget' definitions:
Definition of 'garget'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Garget'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite. --Youatt. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) See Poke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'garget'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]