Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Poke(noun) 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.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a tropical continental is a dry air mass formed over land in area close to the equator. An example of a tropical continental is a mass of warm air that forms over northern Mexico. a type of warm, dry air mass originating at low latitudes over land areas. 1  Link/Cite. 2  tropical.
A maritime polar air mass would have cold, moist air.It would probably bring fog and drizzle as it moved into an area.Maritime tropical air masses form over warm ocean waters in thetropics and the Gulf of Mexico. They bring warm, moist air northwardinto the United States. These would have low pressure.