English

Alternative forms

• poke berry

Noun

pokeberry ‎(plural pokeberries)

1. Pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).
   • 2014, Lewis Carroll, Byron W. Sewell, Victoria J. Sewell, Alice's Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland, Evertype, ISBN 978-1-78-201-010-4, page 5

     considerin in her mind ... iffen the pleasure o gatherin some pokeberries an drawin dark purple picthures on a flat rock wi em would be worth the trouble...

Synonyms

• see the list at pokeweed

References

1. ↑ Charles L. Cutler, O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English (ISBN 0806132469, 2000)
2. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of English (ISBN 0199571120)