Indian poke
1. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally • Syn: white hellebore, American hellebore, bugbane, Veratrum viride • Hypernyms: hellebore, false hellebore 2. pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China • Syn: Phytolacca acinosa • Hypernyms: pokeweed
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