Crossword clues for pokeweed
pokeweed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca ( Phytolacca decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
Wiktionary
n. A poisonous North American plant, ''Phytolacca americana'', with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.
WordNet
n. perennial of the genus Phytolacca
Usage examples of "pokeweed".
Their father was home, and they ran away into the woods, where they lived like gods on pokeweed salad, wild raspberries, and tender fiddleheads.
Swiney brought some pokeweed to put in the pail, but after a while he stopped helping.
Huge drops splattered on the leaves of pokeweed and burdock, and the firs and pines let go their long-held breath in a fragrant sigh.
The bitter odor of dried berries and bent-over pokeweed also was apparent.
Posey knew exactly when the first shoots of pokeweed would come up, tender and good for picking.
I ducked under branches and flung myself into a patch of pokeweed, gasping and cursing incoherently.
I was hungry for green vegetables, and that night as I went off to sleep, I thought of the pokeweeds, the dandelions, the spring beauties that would soon be pressing up from the earth.