Indian poke

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Noun	1.	Indian poke - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally American hellebore, bugbane, Veratrum viride, white hellebore false hellebore, hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
	2.	Indian poke - pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China Phytolacca acinosa pokeweed - perennial of the genus Phytolacca

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