| poke | <botany> A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. Decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to colour wine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pokebag | <zoology> The European long-tailed titmouse; called also poke-pudding. Origin: So called in allusion to its baglike nest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poker | 1. One who pokes. 2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals. 3. A poking-stick. 4. <zoology> The poachard. Poker picture, a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. Origin: From Poke to push. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poker back | Arthritis and osteitis deformans involving the spinal column; marked by nodular deposits at the edges of the intervertebral disks with ossification of the ligaments and bony ankylosis of the intervertebral articulations, it results in a rounded kyphosis with rigidity. Synonym: Bechterew's disease, poker back, Strumpell's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poker spine | Stiff spine resulting from widespread joint immobility or overwhelming muscle spasm as might be evoked by an osteomyelitis of a vertebra or a rheumatoid spondylitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pokeweed | <botany> See Poke, the plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pokeweed mitogen | <protein> Any of the lectins derived from the pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, all of which will stimulate T-cells. Binds _ D acetylglucosamine. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pokeweed mitogens | Proteins isolated from the roots of the pokeweed, phytolacca americana, that agglutinate some erythrocytes, stimulate mitosis and antibody synthesis in lymphocytes, and induce activation of plasma cells. (12 Dec 1998) |