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pokeberry
[ pohk-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
pokeberry
/ ˈpəʊkbərɪ /
noun
- Also calledinkberry the berry of the pokeweed
- another name for the pokeweed
Word History and Origins
Origin of pokeberry1
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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