dogbane
nounEtymology From dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.
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Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
- Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice
- Synonyms
- colchica
- Hyponyms
- spreading dogbane, Indianhemp