poke-weed

  • 1poke|weed — «POHK WEED», noun. any one of a group of tropical or subtropical plants, especially a tall, branching perennial herb of North America with greenish white flowers, juicy, purple berries, and poisonous roots, sometimes called the inkberry; poke.… …

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  • 2poke-weed — n. See poke …

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  • 3poke|ber|ry — «POHK BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. the deep purple berry of the pokeweed. 2. = pokeweed. (Cf. ↑pokeweed) ╂[American English < poke4, or poke (weed) + berry] …

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  • 4poke — I. n. 1. Thrust, push, shove, jog. 2. (Bot.) Garget, pigeon berry, pogan, cocum, pocan, pocan bush, poke weed (Phytolacca decandra). 3. Pocket, pouch, bag, sack. II. v. n. 1. Grope, feel one s way. 2 …

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  • 5Weed mat — is a fibrous cloth like material used in weed control.Weed mat is an artificial mulch, laid on top of the soil and prevents weeds from growing to the surface. =Laying Weed Mat [http://www.hireahubby.co.nz/news.asp?pageID=2145820979… …

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  • 6poke — poke1 [pōk] vt. poked, poking [ME poken < MDu or LowG] 1. a) to push or jab with a stick, finger, etc.; prod b) Slang to hit with the fist 2. to make by poking [to poke a hole in a bag] …

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  • 7weed — Synonyms and related words: Canada thistle, DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, abate, abrade, abstract, acid, amphibian, angiosperm, annual, antidepressant, aquatic plant, ataractic, backset, bate, biennial, black sheep, blemish, bones, boo,… …

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  • 8pokeweed — poke·weed pō .kwēd n a coarse American perennial herb (Phytolacca americana of the family Phytolaccaceae, the pokeweed family) which has stalks of white flowers, dark purple juicy berries, and a poisonous root and from which is obtained a mitogen …

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  • 9pokeweed — poke•weed [[t]ˈpoʊkˌwid[/t]] n. pln a North American treelike plant, Phytolacca americana, of the pokeweed family, with edible shoots and juicy deep purple berries in depressed round clusters …

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  • 10pigeon-berry — n. Poke, poke weed, pocan, Virginia poke, garget (Phytolacca decandra) …

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