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apocynum_androsaemifolium
MEANING: North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Hypernym Tree (apocynum_androsaemifolium is a type 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
poisonous_plant -- (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism
plant, flora, plant_life -- (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
living_thing, animate_thing -- (a living (or once living) entity
object, physical_object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
Also See
common_dogbane, spreading_dogbane, rheumatism_weed, Apocynum_androsaemifolium -- (North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Indian_hemp, rheumatism_weed, Apocynum_cannabinum -- (Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Rocky_Mountain_dogbane, Apocynum_pumilum -- (North American plant similar to common dogbane
