Indian poke

Indian poke


Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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Indian poke is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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indian poke

noun
1. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally [syn: white hellebore
2. pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China 
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