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poke⋅weed

[pohk-weed]
–noun
a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
Also called poke⋅root [pohk-root, -root] , scoke, garget.


Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; poke 4 + weed 1
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poke·root   (pōk'rōōt', -rŏŏt')   
n.  See pokeweed.
poke·weed   (pōk'wēd')   
n.  A tall North American plant (Phytolacca americana) having small white flowers, blackish-red berries clustered on long drooping racemes, and a poisonous root. Also called pokeberry, pokeroot.

[poke4 + weed1.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: poke·weed
Pronunciation: 'pO-"kwEd
Function: noun
: a coarse American perennial herb (Phytolacca americana of the familyPhytolaccaceae, the pokeweed family) which has racemose white flowers, dark purple juicy berries, and a poisonous root and from which is obtained a mitogen that has been used to stimulate lymphocyteproliferation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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