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POKEWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of the genus Phytolacca
Classified under:
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)
