INDIAN POKE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian poke mean? • INDIAN POKE (noun)
The noun INDIAN POKE has 2 senses:
1. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
2. pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China
Familiarity information: INDIAN POKE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INDIAN POKE (noun)
Meaning:
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American hellebore; bugbane; Indian poke; Veratrum viride; white hellebore
Hypernyms ("Indian poke" is a kind of...):
false hellebore; hellebore (perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes)
Meaning:
Pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Phytolacca acinosa; Indian poke
Hypernyms ("Indian poke" is a kind of...):
pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)
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