pokeberry
Americannoun
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Also called: inkberry. the berry of the pokeweed
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another name for the pokeweed
Etymology
Origin of pokeberry
Example Sentences
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From the OPI Strawberry Margarita nail polish she wore to her Refinery29 interview to the berry-colored shades she said she used to derive from poisonous pokeberry plants in her youth, which she reportedly used as a lip stain and nail tint.
From Fox News
“Pokeberry ink was most famously used by Civil War soldiers to write love notes.”
From The New Yorker
“I have a garbage bag full of pokeweed in my studio! I swear, I just wrote on my calendar, ‘Learn how to make pokeberry dye.’
From The New Yorker
We’re introduced to Benjamin Lay, who in 1738 exhorted his fellow Quakers to renounce slavery in a dramatic speech involving a hollowed-out Bible and a pig’s bladder filled with crimson pokeberry juice.
From New York Times
It was as red as pokeberry juice and anything that color was supposed to be healthy.
From Literature
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