dogbane (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *dogbane*:
NOUN	plant	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

dogbane > pronunciation
Sounds	dao'gbey.n
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English > *dogbane*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Member of	Apocynum, genus Apocynum	perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Narrower	Indian hemp, rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum	Canadian dogbane yielding a tough / tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans
	Rocky Mountain dogbane, Apocynum pumilum	North American plant similar to common dogbane
	common dogbane, spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed, Apocynum androsaemifolium	North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes
Broader	poisonous plant	A plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism

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