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Definition of Poke milkweed
1. Noun. Milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poke Milkweed
Literary usage of Poke milkweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"... but in the blunt-leafed milkweed the downy, slender capsules stand on stems
curved downward like the letter "S." The tall milkweed, or poke milkweed, ..."
2. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey by Nathaniel Lord Britton (1881)
"poke milkweed. Moist copses. Occasional in the northern and middle counties.
Nowhere very abundant. A. purpurascens, L. Purple Milkweed. ..."
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