pokeweed
Meaning
Noun
- A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.
Related
Similar words
- poke, pokeberry, pokeroot, American pokeweed, Virginian poke, pocan
- inkberry
- pigeonweed
- skokeberry, scoke; coakum
Origin
- poke + weed. The first element, poke, is from Powhatan.
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