dogbane

/ˈdɔgˌbeɪn/

Other forms: dogbanes

Definitions of dogbane

1. noun

   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
   types:

   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

   type of:

   poisonous plant

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