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pokeberry

[ pohk-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

, plural poke·ber·ries.
  1. the berry of the pokeweed.
  2. the plant.


pokeberry

/ ˈpəʊkbərɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledinkberry the berry of the pokeweed
  2. another name for the pokeweed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pokeberry1

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; poke 4 + berry
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Example Sentences

From the OPI Strawberry Margarita nail polish she wore to her Refinery29 interview to the berry-colored shades she said she used to derive from poisonous pokeberry plants in her youth, which she reportedly used as a lip stain and nail tint.

From the OPI Strawberry Margarita nail polish she wore to her Refinery29 interview to the berry-colored shades she said she used to derive from poisonous pokeberry plants in her youth, which she reportedly used as a lip stain and nail tint.

“Pokeberry ink was most famously used by Civil War soldiers to write love notes.”

“I have a garbage bag full of pokeweed in my studio! I swear, I just wrote on my calendar, ‘Learn how to make pokeberry dye.’

We’re introduced to Benjamin Lay, who in 1738 exhorted his fellow Quakers to renounce slavery in a dramatic speech involving a hollowed-out Bible and a pig’s bladder filled with crimson pokeberry juice.

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