garget

US: (gär′git)

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gar•get  (gär′git), n. 

1. Veterinary Diseases inflammation of the udder of a cow;
   bovine mastitis.
2. Plant Biology pokeweed.

• Middle French gargate
• earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, apparently the same word as Middle English garget, gargat throat 1580–90

gar′get•y, adj. 

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poke•weed  (pōk′wēd′), n. 

a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus. Also called poke•root  (pōk′ro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′), scoke, garget. 
• poke⁴ + weed¹ 1745–55, American.