pokeweed
any of numerous and usually toxic plants of the genus Phytolacca, including P. americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in folk medicine, and young shoots resembling asparagus: pokeweed species vary greatly in height, with some growing to about 3.2 feet (1 meter) and others as tall as 82 feet (25 meters).
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How to use pokeweed in a sentence
Mr. pokeweed was promptly on hand, and tore madly into the burning pile, whence he soon emerged with a nude female.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileJust then the front wall toppled outward, and pokeweed cleared the street at a single bound.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileRivina, ri-vī′na, n. a genus of apetalous plants, the pokeweed family.
Finely dressed visitors have come to the blue-berried juniper and the monstrous pokeweed of the terra-cotta stem.
Minstrel Weather | Marian StormIs there anywhere a more audacious beauty than the pokeweed in autumn?
In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkham
British Dictionary definitions for pokeweed
pokeberry or pokeroot
/ (ˈpəʊkˌwiːd) /
a tall North American plant, Phytolacca americana, that has small white flowers, juicy purple berries, and a poisonous purple root used medicinally: family Phytolaccaceae: Sometimes shortened to: poke Also called: inkberry
Origin of pokeweed
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