English Explanatory Dictionary

dogbane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.

Word forms

dogbane dogbanes dogs-bane dogsbane

Etymology

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

Synonyms

colchica
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