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- Powhatan · borrowed frompocan
- English todaypocan
Borrowed from Powhatan pocan, poughkone. Doublet of puccoon.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pocan
Today it means: The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra). Full definition →
Powhatan pocan