| NOUN | plant | Apocynum cannabinum, Indian hemp, rheumatism weed | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough / tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans |
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| Meaning | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough / tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints. | |
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| Synonyms | Indian hemp, rheumatism weed | |
| Broader | dogbane | Any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root |
| Catalan | apocynum cannabinum | |
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