The pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (also "pocan bush").
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Simmonds (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist. From Virginia Algonquian, perhaps a variant form or cognate of the etymon of puccoon.
Definition of pocan in US English:
pocan
nounˈpəʊk(ə)n
US
The pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (also "pocan bush").
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Simmonds (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist. From Virginia Algonquian, perhaps a variant form or cognate of the etymon of puccoon.