POKEWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pokeweed mean? 

• POKEWEED (noun)
  The noun POKEWEED has 1 sense:

1. perennial of the genus Phytolacca

  Familiarity information: POKEWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POKEWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of the genus Phytolacca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pokeweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pokeweed"):

Indian poke; Phytolacca acinosa (pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China)

garget; Phytolacca americana; pigeon berry; poke; scoke (tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous)

bella sombra; ombu; Phytolacca dioica (fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves)

Holonyms ("pokeweed" is a member of...):

genus Phytolacca; Phytolacca (type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed)

 Context examples 

A mouse-derived anti-human CD19 monoclonal antibody linked to pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) antiviral protein (PAP) with antileukemic activity.

(B43-PAP immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)