pokeweed
/pohk-weed/US // ˈpoʊkˌwid //UK // (ˈpəʊkˌwiːd) //
蒲公英,蒲葵花,蓬莱仙草,蒲葵
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of numerous and usually toxic plants of the genus Phytolacca, including P. americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in folk medicine, and young shoots resembling asparagus: pokeweed species vary greatly in height, with some growing to about 3.2 feet and others as tall as 82 feet.
Examples
Mr. Pokeweed was promptly on hand, and tore madly into the burning pile, whence he soon emerged with a nude female.
Just then the front wall toppled outward, and Pokeweed cleared the street at a single bound.
Rivina, ri-vī′na, n. a genus of apetalous plants, the pokeweed family.
Finely dressed visitors have come to the blue-berried juniper and the monstrous pokeweed of the terra-cotta stem.
Is there anywhere a more audacious beauty than the pokeweed in autumn?
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