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pokeweedalso called pokeberry or pokeStrong-smelling shrublike plant (Phytolacca americana) with a poisonous root resembling the shape of horseradish, native to wet or sandy areas of eastern North America. It has white flowers, reddish black berries, and dark green leaves that often are red-veined or borne on red leafstalks. The berries contain a red dye used to colour wine, candies, cloth, and paper. Like the roots, the red or purplish mature stalks are poisonous. Very young green shoots (up to about 6 in. [15 cm]), however, are edible. pokeSee peek/poke.
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| While Helen pokes around outside, Jordan spends his time inside working on a supercomputer program. That way, when the dolphin pokes around on the seafloor for fish, its snout is safe from the bottom's jagged rocks. Instead, a caterpillar sidles up to a sitting snail pokes around gently as if confirming its target, and then starts an elaborate tie-down that takes about an hour. |
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