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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. 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?