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Webster 1913 Edition
Dogbane
Dog′baneˊ
,Noun.
[Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf.
Apocynaceous
.] (Bot.)
A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
Definition 2024
dogbane
dogbane
English
Noun
dogbane (plural dogbanes)
- (botany) Any species of genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae
- Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice
Hyponyms
- (genus Apocynum): spreading dogbane, Indianhemp
Translations
Apocynum
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