Phrase guide
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noun
A food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Pokeweed, the leafy plant used to make such a dish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, Southern-US, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: poke, pokeweed, pocan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A Hawaiian food made from diced raw fish, seasoning, diced fruit and vegetables, and sometimes rice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: poke bowl
Antonyms: none provided
History
poke (“pokeweed”) + salad or sallet. “Poke salad” and “poke sallet” mean the same thing—carefully boiled pokeweed. Uncooked pokeweed is poisonous. Given that “salad” connotes “raw,” many speakers favor the original “sallet” which connotes “cooked greens.”
poke (“cubed raw fish”) + salad
