Lexic.us

Definition of Indian poke

1. Noun. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Poke

Literary usage of Indian poke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1906)
"... dainty wine-tipped slippers in the most choice glooms, at the feet of the tamarack and spruce, or sheltered among tall ferns, brakes and Indian-poke. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1906)
"... dainty wine-tipped slippers in the most choice glooms, at the feet of the tamarack and spruce, or sheltered among tall ferns, brakes and Indian-poke. ..."

3. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1870)
"Now I wish to inquire if the American Hellebore, which is sold at the shops under the name of White Hellebore, is not the same thing as indian poke, ..."

4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1898)
"Poisoning by indian poke Boot. Dr. AG CRAIG, Ghent, Ky., contributes the ill- lowing case to ... while at work ta te orden ate heartily of indian poke root, ..."

5. Bog-trotting for Orchids by Grace Greylock Niles (1904)
"The Yellow Cypripedium also, at one time, grew along the edges of the swamp, amid the indian poke, violets, and lilies. Slowly we climbed the hill toward ..."

6. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"indian poke, or About the end of Ma Or the False White -ning of June large ... This plant is the indian poke, and we learn from the farmers that it is ..."

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