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pokeweed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pokeweed has 1 sense
- pokeweed(n = noun.plant) - perennial of the genus Phytolacca; is a member of genus phytolacca, phytolacca
has particulars: indian poke, phytolacca acinosa, garget, phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke, scoke, bella sombra, ombu, phytolacca dioica
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pokeweed, n. a tall hardy American plant, Phytolacca americana, with spikes of cream flowers and purple berries that yield emetics and purgatives.
Etymology
poke, Amer. Ind. word + WEED
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