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

Type of: false hellebore, hellebore, pokeweed

Encyclopedia: Indian poke