The green hellebore.
1698. Poke-root, called in England Jallop.—G. Thomas, ‘Pennsylvania’ (1848), 19. (N.E.D.)
1811. [For a cancer cure] take pocoon root, finely powdered, &c. … Take young poke root roasted, &c.—Mass. Spy, May 8.
1829. Poke-root in this vicinity called pigeon-berry, is a sure remedy for the bite of a snake.—Id., Aug. 5: from the Staunton Spectator.
