dogbane
- noun
- /ˈdɔɡˌbeɪn/
- Specialized
:
perjuro
- In ancient medicine, herbalists used dogbane for its bitter root in various remedies.
Examples
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The dogbane plant contains toxic compounds that can be harmful to animals.
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Maile is a vine with fragrant leaves whose milky sap shows it to be in the dogbane family.
Academic text (1995) -
Farmers should avoid planting dogbane in areas where livestock graze due to its poisonous nature.
Synonyms
A group of perennial plants with small pink or white flowers that often grow in wet places
A North American plant with pink flowers that comes back every year
A North American plant with pink flowers in loose clusters used by healers for joint pain
A wild North American plant with pink flowers found in the Rocky Mountains
Compounds
A North American plant with pink flowers in loose clusters used by healers for joint pain
- Specialized
A group of mainly tropical flowering plants with milky sap and showy flowers, some used as medicine
A wild North American plant with pink flowers found in the Rocky Mountains
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dogbane is made of dog and bane, and bane means 'a cause of death or harm'. So dogbane is a plant named because it is poisonous or dangerous to dogs.
