• Pokeroot

    Origin

    poke("Phytolacca americana") + root. The first element, poke, is from Powhatan.

    Charles L. Cutler, O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English (ISBN 0806132469, 2000)

    Oxford Dictionary of English (ISBN 0199571120)

    Full definition of pokeroot

    Noun

    pokeroot

    (countable and uncountable; plural pokeroots)
    1. Pokeweed.
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