| NOUN | plant | Indian poke, white hellebore, American hellebore, bugbane, Veratrum viride | North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes |
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| plant | Indian poke, Phytolacca acinosa | pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China |
| Meaning | North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally. | |
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| Synonyms | white hellebore, American hellebore, bugbane, Veratrum viride | |
| Broader | hellebore, false hellebore | perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes |
| Meaning | pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China. | |
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| Synonym | Phytolacca acinosa | |
| Broader | pokeweed | perennial of the genus Phytolacca |
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