Pokeweed

//ˈpoʊkˌwid//

Synonyms for "pokeweed" (21 found)

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Translations

15 translations across 13 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • винобой noun (Phytolacca americana)

Catalan

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  • raïm de moro noun (Phytolacca americana)

Czech

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  • líčidlo americké noun (Phytolacca americana)

Danish

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  • kermesbær noun (Phytolacca americana)

Finnish

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  • kermesmarja noun (Phytolacca americana)

German

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  • Kermesbeere noun (Phytolacca americana)

Hungarian

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  • alkörmös noun (Phytolacca americana)

Italian

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  • fitolacca noun (Phytolacca americana)

Korean

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  • 미국자리공 noun (Phytolacca americana)

Russian

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  • лаконо́с noun (Phytolacca americana)
  • фитола́кка noun (Phytolacca americana)

Swedish

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  • amerikanskt kermesbär noun (Phytolacca americana)

Turkish

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  • Amerika üzümü noun (Phytolacca americana)
  • şekerciboyası noun (Phytolacca americana)

Vietnamese

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  • thương lục Mỹ noun (Phytolacca americana)

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Native Americans introduced whites and slaves to several edible greens including marigold, milkweed, and pokeweed (Whit 2007). Slaves boiled pokeweed and often mixed it with turnip greens because it was thought that the two vegetables enhanced each other's flavor.

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