noun
- 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, Apocynum cannabinum
- North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints.
- synonyms: common dogbane, spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium
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