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rheumatism weed

DEFINITIONS OF: rheumatism weed

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n Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

Synonyms:
Apocynum cannabinum, Indian hemp
Type of:
dogbane
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

n North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

Synonyms:
Apocynum androsaemifolium, common dogbane, spreading dogbane
Type of:
dogbane
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
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