3 definitions
for garget
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
garget
n : 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, scoke, Phytolacca
americana]
