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DOGBANE

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 I. (noun) 

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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 rootplay

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("dogbane" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dogbane"):

Apocynum androsaemifolium; common dogbane; rheumatism weed; spreading dogbane (North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints)

Apocynum cannabinum; Indian hemp; rheumatism weed (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)

Holonyms ("dogbane" is a member of...):

Apocynum; genus Apocynum (perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers)

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