pokeberry
Americannoun
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Also called: inkberry. the berry of the pokeweed
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another name for the pokeweed
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Origin of pokeberry
Example Sentences
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Instead, I made her a cornhusk doll, painting a face on it with pokeberry juice and fashioning a gown for it with a piece of cambric from Becky’s scrap bag.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
It was as red as pokeberry juice and anything that color was supposed to be healthy.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
The aster and goldenrod, the dried ironweed and sumach, the red rose hips and magenta pokeberry stalks looked dead enough now, dead and dreary upon the weary, weary road.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
As he spoke, he went to the tall chest of drawers and took out paper, a bottle of pokeberry ink, and a bunch of quills.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams
You said you could worship at the shrine of the pokeberry bed, you feel holier before the arrowhead lilies, your face takes on an appearance of reverence when you see pink mallow blooms.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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