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Meaning of "pokeroot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POKEROOT

pokeroot  [ˈpəʊkˌruːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POKEROOT

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conjunction
determiner
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Pokeroot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POKEROOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pokeroot

Phytolacca americana

American Pokeweed is a large semi-succulent herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 10 feet in height. It is native to eastern North America, the Midwest, and the Gulf Coast, with more scattered populations in the far West. It is also known as Virginia poke, American nightshade, cancer jalap, coakum, garget, inkberry, pigeon berry, pocan, pokeroot, pokeweed, pokeberry, redweed, scoke, red ink plant and chui xu shang lu. Sometimes the plant is also referred to as poke sallet. Parts of this plant are highly toxic to livestock and humans, and it is considered a major pest by farmers. Nonetheless, some parts can be used as food, medicine, or poison if properly prepared. The plant has a large white taproot, green or red stems, and large, simple leaves. White flowers are followed by purple to almost black berries, which are a good food source for songbirds such as Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal, Brown Thrasher, and Northern Mockingbird.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POKEROOT


alumroot
ˈæləmˌruːt
arrowroot
ˈærəʊˌruːt
autoroute
ˈɔːtəʊˌruːt
beetroot
ˈbiːtˌruːt
bitterroot
ˈbɪtəˌruːt
bloodroot
ˈblʌdˌruːt
briarroot
ˈbraɪəˌruːt
brierroot
ˈbraɪəˌruːt
chayroot
ˈtʃeɪˌruːt
colicroot
ˈkɒlɪkˌruːt
coralroot
ˈkɒrəlˌruːt
feverroot
ˈfiːvəˌruːt
gingerroot
ˈdʒɪndʒərˌruːt
grassroot
ˈɡrɑːsˌruːt
pinkroot
ˈpɪŋkˌruːt
redroot
ˈrɛdˌruːt
snakeroot
ˈsneɪkˌruːt
squawroot
ˈskwɔːˌruːt
stockroute
ˈstɒkˌruːt
taproot
ˈtæpˌruːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POKEROOT

poke
poke bonnet
poke borak at someone
poke fun at
poke mullock at
poke one´s nose into
pokeberries
pokeberry
pokeful
pokelogan
poker
poker dice
poker face
poker machine
poker-faced
pokerish
pokerishly
pokerwork
pokeweed
pokey

WORDS THAT END LIKE POKEROOT

aerial root
cheroot
china root
club root
crinkleroot
cube root
Culver´s root
enroot
liquorice root
pleurisy root
root
rose-root
seneca snakeroot
senega snakeroot
sheroot
square root
unroot
uproot
Virginia snakeroot
white snakeroot

Synonyms and antonyms of pokeroot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pokeroot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POKEROOT

Find out the translation of pokeroot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pokeroot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pokeroot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pokeroot
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fitolaca
570 millions of speakers

English

pokeroot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pokeroot
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pokeroot
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pokeroot
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pokeroot
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pokeroot
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pokeroot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokeroot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pokeroot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pokeroot
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pokeroot
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pokeroot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pokeroot
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pokeroot
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोकरूट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pokeroot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pokeroot
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokeroot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pokeroot
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pokeroot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pokeroot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pokeroot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pokeroot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pokeroot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pokeroot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POKEROOT»

The term «pokeroot» is used very little and occupies the 188.887 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POKEROOT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pokeroot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POKEROOT»

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Tyler's Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs ...
Pokeroot comes from Phytolacca americana L. (family Phytolaccaceae), a large, much-branched, perennial herb that bears rather spectacular clusters of dark purple, almost black, berries. The plant is a wayside weed from New England to ...
Steven Foster, 2012
2
The 4 Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan
Pokeroot is a useful herb for improving the flow of lymph. It works well with immune- and lymph-related conditions such as adenitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, swollen glands, mumps, mastitis, and fibrocystic breast disease. Pokeroot helps to break ...
Michelle Schoffro Cook, 2010
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Weeds used in medicine
Pokeweed 21 11. Pokeweed, flowering and fruiting branch 22 12. Pokeroot '. 22 13. Foxglove 23 14. Mullein 25 15. Lobelia - 26 16. Tansy 28 17. Gum plant 28 18. Scaly grindelia 29 19. Boneset .30 20. Catnip 32 21. Hoarhound 33 22.
Alice Henkel, 1904
4
Earthway: A Native American Visionary's Path to Total Mind, ...
S aspen, black mustard, blessed thistle, cinquefoil, fireweed, goldenseal, hops, horehound, lichen, lobelia, mandrake, mountain ash, pleurisy root, pokeroot, skullcap, valerian root, wild lettuce, wild licorice, wild onion. ANEMIA alfalfa, aspen ...
Mary Summer Rain, 1992
5
Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants
Pigeon berry see Pokeroot, 142 Pigeon pea, 276 Pilewort. 140 Pimenta leaf oil see Allspice oil(s), 324 Pimento berry oil see Allspice oil(s), 324 Pine, 582 Pineapple, 278 Pine kernel, 277 Pine needle oil (dwarf"). 417 Pine needle oil ( Scots), ...
Jeffrey B. Harborne, Herbert Baxter, 2001
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Herbal Medicine Past and Present: A reference guide to ...
Now pokeroot, it's best to let it die down to where the leaves are kind of turning yellow-like or red and it'll weigh heavier. You can get a carload, and it'll run you anywhere from twenty-five to fifty cents a pound. But be sure you get a contract with ...
J. K. Crellin, A. L. Tommie Bass, 1990
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Herbal medicines: a guide for health-care professionals
The mitogenic principles in pokeroot, lectins, are reported to be a mixture of agglutinating and non-agglutinating glycoproteins affecting both T- cell and B-cell lymphocytes.1241 Pokeroot leaf extracts have been reported to be agglutinating,  ...
Carol A. Newall, Linda A. Anderson, John David Phillipson, 1996
8
The Way of Herbs
Herbs toClear the Lymphatic Systemand Metastasis POKEROOT Pokeroot ( Phytolacca dicandra; Chineseshang lu) is cooling, bitter, analterative, anodyne, antibiotic,antiinflammatory, antirheumatic, antiscorbutic, antisyphilitic, antitumor, ...
Michael Tierra, 1998
9
Treating Cancer with Herbs: An Integrative Approach
A practice used in the Appalachian mountains of North America is to apply a poultice of fresh grated pokeroot over a cancerous lesion or tumor. In many cases this has been known to greatly reduce the size of the cancer or eliminate it ...
Michael Tierra, 2003
10
Herbs of the Northern Shaman
It is such a distinctive herb that it would be very difficult to mistake the Pokeroot for any other plant. It has large leaves and grows several feet in height, with spikes of small white starry flowers at the top of the stems. These flowers are followed ...
Steve Andrews, 2010

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POKEROOT»

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Herbs That Aren't Friendly to Kidneys
... capsicum, cascara, dandelion, ginger, ginseng, horsetail, licorice, ma huang, nettle, noni, pokeroot, rhubarb, senna, wormwood and yohimbe ... «dailyRx, Jun 13»
2
Herbal essences
Thus the euphrasia is labeled as eyebright, to indicate what it does, and the phytolacca is introduced by its vernacular name of pokeroot, ... «Detroit Metro Times, Oct 12»
3
The Ouija Board Murder
She knew where to dig for pokeroot to chew, and how to make a poultice from the secretions of earthworms and other herbs to heal wounds. «Artvoice, Oct 11»
4
The shape of things to come: How slimming became big business in …
If you couldn't wash your fat away, and let's face it that was never going to happen, you could eat special breads, bladderwrack, and pokeroot, ... «Independent, Jul 10»

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