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Apocynum cannabinum

DEFINITIONS OF: Apocynum cannabinum

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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:
Indian hemp, rheumatism weed
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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