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INDIAN POKE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China

Synonyms:

Indian poke; Phytolacca acinosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian poke" is a kind of...):

pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

Synonyms:

American hellebore; bugbane; Indian poke; Veratrum viride; white hellebore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian poke" is a kind of...):

false hellebore; hellebore (perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes)

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