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dog·bane  (dôgbn, dg-)

n.

Any of several plants of the genus Apocynum, having milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers.

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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 Apocynum, genus Apocynum - perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers Apocynum androsaemifolium, common dogbane, spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed - North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Apocynum cannabinum, rheumatism weed, Indian hemp - Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Apocynum pumilum, Rocky Mountain dogbane - North American plant similar to common dogbane poisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism