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spreading dogbane

DEFINITIONS OF: spreading dogbane

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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, 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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