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Dogbane

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. countable, uncountable

    "Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice"

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.

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