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RHEUMATISM WEED

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Apocynum androsaemifolium; common dogbane; rheumatism weed; spreading dogbane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rheumatism weed" 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)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rheumatism weed" 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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