noun
- plural of pokeweed; tall North American plants with dark purple berries and poisonous roots, commonly found as weeds
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The pokeweeds growing along the fence line had reached six feet tall.
- Birds often eat the berries of pokeweeds, helping to spread the seeds.
- The gardener removed several pokeweeds from the vegetable patch.
- Pokeweeds are considered invasive in some regions outside their native range.
- The deep purple berries of pokeweeds can stain clothing and skin.
- Wildlife biologists noted an increase in pokeweeds after the forest fire.