单词 | red-ink plant |
释义 | > as lemmasred-ink plant red-ink plant n. Virginian pokeweed, Phytolacca americana. ΚΠ 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xvii. 329 The Virginian Poke, or Red-ink Plant of the colonists (Phytolacca decandra), is abundant in the vicinity of Sydney in every waste place, and is of rapid growth. 1893 F. T. Dana How to know Wild Flowers (ed. 3) 92 Pokeweed... The berries serve as food for the birds... From their dark juice arose the name of ‘red-ink plant’, which is common in some places. 1993 in T. Coffey Hist. & Folklore N. Amer. Wildflowers 36/1 Pokeweed. Phytolacca americana... Poke, Poke-root, Red-Ink-Plant, Redweed. < as lemmas |
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