词汇 | pokeberry |
释义 | pokeberry noun uk /ˈpəʊkˌber.i/ us /ˈpoʊkˌber.i/ [ C or U ] a poisonous North American plant with long, narrow bunches(= groups) of purple-black fruits on pink stems: Pokeberries proliferate even in rocky, infertile soil. Synonym pokeweed [ C ] one of the poisonous purple-black fruits of the pokeberry plant, used to make ink and dye(= a substance used to change the colour of something): Never, ever eat pokeberries! They made ink out of pokeberries, roots, and bark. Pokeberries are used as a vegetable dye - they give a nice red-purple colour. Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sedum sego lily self-heal senecio sensitive plant You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fruits & seeds & their parts |
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