common dogbane

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   North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

   Synonymsspreading dogbanerheumatism weedApocynum androsaemifolium

   Broaderdogbane

Questions about common dogbane

What does common dogbane mean?

common dogbane means "North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints".

What is another word for common dogbane?

Close synonyms include spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed, Apocynum androsaemifolium. 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.