pokeberryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

poke +‎ berry

名詞

pokeberry (複数形 pokeberries)

1. Synonym of pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana または its dark red または purple fruit).
   • 1975, Jesse Stuart, My world, page 8:

     I said that ink made from pokeberries was better than that made from inkballs. I said that inkballs on oak trees were scarce. All the other students laughed. They bought commercial ink at the stores.

   • 2014, Lewis Carroll, Byron W. Sewell, Victoria J. Sewell, Alice's Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland, Evertype, →ISBN, page 5:

     considerin in her mind ... iffen the pleasure o gatherin some pokeberries an drawin dark purple picthures on a flat rock wi em would be worth the trouble...