Indian poke Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
    white hellebore; American hellebore; Veratrum viride; bugbane.
  2. noun pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China
    Phytolacca acinosa.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a plant usually known as the white hellebore (Veratrum viride).

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