apocynum cannabinum

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   Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

   SynonymsIndian hemprheumatism weed

   Broaderdogbane

Questions about apocynum cannabinum

What does apocynum cannabinum mean?

apocynum cannabinum means "Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints".

What is another word for apocynum cannabinum?

Close synonyms include Indian hemp, rheumatism weed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apocynum cannabinum a common word?

apocynum cannabinum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.