APOCYNUM CANNABINUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Apocynum cannabinum; Indian hemp; rheumatism weed

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Apocynum cannabinum" is a kind of...):

dogbane (any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root)

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