Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The poisonous root of the pokeweed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Pokeweed .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
poke + root
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pokeroot.
Examples
-
Take prickly ash bark, mint, root and tops, tobacco, tar, and pokeroot; stew all these together in hog's lard; strain it, and, when nearly cold, sprinkle in a little sulphur.
-
Grated pokeroot was used by Native Americans as a poultice to treat inflammations and rashes of the breast.
Find Me A Cure 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.