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POKEWEED

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pokeweed mean?

• POKEWEED (noun)
The noun POKEWEED has 1 sense:

1. perennial of the genus Phytolacca

Familiarity information: POKEWEED used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POKEWEED (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Perennial of the genus Phytolacca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pokeweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pokeweed"):

Indian poke; Phytolacca acinosa (pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China)

garget; Phytolacca americana; pigeon berry; poke; scoke (tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous)

bella sombra; ombu; Phytolacca dioica (fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves)

Holonyms ("pokeweed" is a member of...):

genus Phytolacca; Phytolacca (type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed)

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