poke salad
A food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properlyA food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properly.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properly.
(Appalachia, Southern US, countable, uncountable)Pokeweed, the leafy plant used to make such a dish.
(see more at pokeweed)
(countable, uncountable)A Hawaiian food made from diced raw fish, seasoning, diced fruit and vegetables, and sometimes rice.
Origin
poke (“pokeweed”) + salad or sallet. “Poke salad” and “poke sallet” mean the same thing—capoke (“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
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Forms
plural: poke saladsSynonyms
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