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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scoke (skōk),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologypokeweed.
- a New England Algonquian language; compare Eastern Abenaki skókimin pokeberry (equivalent. to Proto-Algonquian *aθko·-ka snake + *-i-min berry); compare persimmon
- 1785–95, American.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024poke•weed (pōk′wēd′),USA pronunciation n. 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 (pōk′ro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′),USA pronunciation scoke, garget. - poke4 + weed1 1745–55, American.
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