dogbane

English

Alternative forms

dogs-bane

Etymology

dog +‎ bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.

Noun

dogbane (plural dogbanes)

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 (obsolete)

Hyponyms

(genus Apocynum): spreading dogbane, Indianhemp

Translations

Apocynum

Finnish: oleanterikasvi (fi)
French: apocyn (fr) m
German: Hundsgift n
Greek:
Ancient: ἀπόκυνον n (apókunon)
Persian: شاهدانه هندی (šâhdâne-ye hendi)
Polish: toina f

Further reading

Apocynum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Apocynum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Apocynum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
dogbane at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

bondage, endobag, gone bad

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