POKEWEED

Meaning of POKEWEED in English

■ noun a North American plant with red stems, cream flowers, and purple berries. [ Phytolacca americana .]

Origin

C18: from Algonquian poughkone (see puccoon ) + weed .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

POKEWEED — noun Date: 1751 a coarse American perennial herb ( Phytolacca americana of the family Phytolaccaceae, the ~ family) with racemose …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POKEWEED — also called pokeberry or poke Strong-smelling shrublike plant ( Phytolacca americana ) with a poisonous root resembling the shape of …
Английский словарь Британика
POKEWEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: poke (IV) + weed : a tall coarse American perennial herb ( Phytolacca americana ) having young …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POKEWEED — (n.) See Poke, the plant.
Английский словарь Webster
POKEWEED — ( n. ) See Poke, the plant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POKEWEED — /pohk"weed'/ , n. a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POKEWEED — n. perennial tall plant that bears juicy purple berries and poisonous root (used in medicine for treating rheumatic conditions), poke
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POKEWEED — noun Date: 1751 : a coarse American perennial herb ( Phytolacca americana of the family Phytolaccaceae, the pokeweed family) with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POKEWEED — noun ·see poke, the plant.
Webster English vocab
POKEWEED — [poke.weed] n (1751): a coarse American perennial herb (Phytolacca americana of the family Phytolaccaceae, the pokeweed family) with racemose white …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POKEWEED — pokeweed BrE AmE ˈpəʊk wiːd AmE \ ˈpoʊk-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POKEWEED — n. a tall hardy American plant, Phytolacca americana, with spikes of cream flowers and purple berries that yield emetics and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POKEWEED — n. a tall hardy American plant, Phytolacca americana, with spikes of cream flowers and purple berries that yield emetics and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POKEWEED — n. a tall hardy American plant, Phytolacca americana, with spikes of cream flowers and purple berries that yield emetics and …
Oxford English vocab
POKEWEED — n. also called pokeberry or poke Strong-smelling shrublike plant ( Phytolacca americana ) with a poisonous root resembling the shape …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POKEWEED — бот. лаконос (ботаника) лаконос (Phytolacca gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POKEWEED — n бот. лаконос ( Phytolacca gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POKEWEED — бот. лаконос
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
POKEWEED — (n) лаконос
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POKEWEED — n бот. лаконос ( Phytolacca gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POKEWEED — n бот. лаконос ( Phytolacca gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POKEWEED — бот. фитолакка американская (Phytolacca americana)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
POKEWEED — бот. фитолакка американская ( Phytolacca americana )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
POKEWEED — бот. лаконос (ботаника) лаконос (Phytolacca gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POKEWEED — n. Pronunciation: ' p ō k- ˌ w ē d Function: noun Date: 1751 : a coarse American perennial herb …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PHYTOLACCA — phyto·lacca n pokeweed
Interlingua English vocab
POKEBERRY — ˈ ̷ ̷- — see berry noun Etymology: poke (IV) + berry 1. : pokeweed 2. : one of the berries of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIGEONBERRY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ — see berry noun 1. a. : pokeweed b. : the berry of the pokeweed 2. : juneberry 3. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POKE — poke 1 — pokable , adj. /pohk/ , v. , poked, poking , n. v.t. 1. to prod or push, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POKEBERRY — noun Date: 1774 : the berry of the pokeweed ; also : pokeweed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POKEBERRY — [poke.ber.ry] n (1774): the berry of the pokeweed; also: pokeweed
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHYTOLACCACEAE — the pokeweed family of flowering plants, comprising about 18 genera of herbs, shrubs, and trees, mostly native to tropical and …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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