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A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.

Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.

A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.

A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.

A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] Herbert.

A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.

Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.

Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.

rracenia. -- Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. -- Californi…

A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.

to play a trump. First Peace and Silence all disputes control, Then Order plays the soul. Herbert.

Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineæ) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.

A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.

Fit for drink. [Obs.] "Some those herbs which are not esculent, are . . . poculent." Bacon.

A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.

A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies. -- Po*eph"a*gous, a.

Any fabaceous shrub of the genus Gastrolobium, the herbage of which is poisonous to stock; also, any species of several related genera, as Oxylobium, Gompholobium, etc.

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…

A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.