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SCOKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoke mean? 

SCOKE (noun)
  The noun SCOKE has 1 sense:

1. 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 poisonousplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCOKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

garget; Phytolacca americana; pigeon berry; poke; scoke

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

pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)


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