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dogbane en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
    • Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dogbanes Number=Plur lexicographic
dogs-bane alternative lexicographic
dogsbane alternative lexicographic
dog's-bane alternative lexicographic

Hyponyms

spreading dogbane (genus Apocynum) · Indianhemp (genus Apocynum)

Synonyms

colchica

Translations (7)

fa شاهدانه هندی (Apocynum) · pl toina (Apocynum) · fi oleanterikasvi (Apocynum) · bg тойна (Apocynum) · de Hundsgift (Apocynum) · grc ἀπόκυνον (Apocynum) · fr apocyn (Apocynum)