"poke salad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpoʊk ˈsæləd/, /ˌpoʊk ˈsælɪt/ [Appalachia, obsolete, traditional] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-poke salad.wav Forms: poke salads [plural]
enPR: pōk săʹləd Etymology: poke (“pokeweed”) + salad or sallet. Some speakers distinguish between the raw “salad” and the cooked “sallet”. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|pim|fro|it|la-vul|la|itc-pro}}, {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|séh₂ls}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} poke salad (countable and uncountable, plural poke salads)
  1. A food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properly. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-poke_salad-en-noun-en:greens Disambiguation of Cooking: 46 23 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 42 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 42 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 43 38
  2. (chiefly Southern US, Appalachia) Pokeweed, the leafy plant used to make such a dish. Tags: Appalachia, Southern-US, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants Synonyms: poke, pokeweed, pocan, poke salet, poke sallet, poke salat, polk salad
    Sense id: en-poke_salad-en-noun-en:pokeweed Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 24 43 34 Categories (other): Appalachian English, Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 42 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 42 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 43 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌpoʊ.keɪ ˈsæləd/ Forms: poke salads [plural]
enPR: pō'kā săʹləd Etymology: poke (“cubed raw fish”) + salad Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} poke salad (countable and uncountable, plural poke salads)
  1. A food made from diced raw fish, seasoning, diced fruit and vegetables, and sometimes rice. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Seafood Synonyms: poke bowl, poké salad Hypernyms: salad
    Sense id: en-poke_salad-en-noun-en:raw_fish Disambiguation of Seafood: 27 30 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 42 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 42 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 43 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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