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n. - Perennial of the genus Phytolacca.

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Usage examples (31)
  • I plucked a tender stalk of pokeweed from the bowl and nibbled it myself, enjoying the sharp taste.
  • Until the mid-20th century, greens such as wild onions, pokeweed and sorrel were eaten in many parts of the U.S.
  • At dusk, I sit and read opposite the pokeweed I am learning to like, under a stray white birch I have always liked.
  • So name your poison: fugu, ackee, pokeweed, casu marzu, Amanita mushrooms, naga jolokia, or Los Angeles danger dogs.
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