noun
- the dark purple berry of the pokeweed plant
- the pokeweed plant itself
Examples
- The children were warned not to eat the pokeberries growing wild in the field.
- Birds often feed on pokeberries in late summer.
- The pokeberry plant can grow quite tall in rich soil.
- Native Americans traditionally used pokeberry juice as a dye.
- The dark stain on her shirt came from crushing a pokeberry.
- Pokeberries are toxic to humans but provide food for wildlife.