单词 | pokeweed |
释义 | pokeweed (once / 214897 pages) n WORD FAMILY pokeweed USAGE EXAMPLESI start a small fire in the outdoor fireplace, wrap the primrose and artichoke in maple leaves, and clip some young shoots of a pokeweed. Jean Craighead George, On the Far Side of the Mountain(1990) For every ramshackle house he inspected in response to a complaint, there were another dozen properties nearby with collapsed roofs or shoulder-high pokeweed. New York Times(Dec 04, 2013) If nothing is done to curb the vine’s spread, native plants like aster, goldenrod and pokeweed stand little chance of survival, she said. New York Times(Aug 20, 2013) n perennial of the genus Phytolacca Hypo|Hyper Indian poke, Phytolacca acinosa pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China Phytolacca americana, garget, pigeon berry, poke, scoketall 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 Phytolacca dioica, bella sombra, ombufast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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