pokeberry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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..."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
pokeberries (plural)
poke berry (alternative)