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 huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air. pressure at any given height is called an. air mass. Scientists classify air. masses according to temperature and humidity. Four major types of air. masses inï¬uence the weather in North America: maritime tropical, continental tropical, maritime polar, and continental polar. Tropical, or. warm, air masses form in the tropics and have low air pressure.