dogbane

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dogbane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dogbane \Dog"bane`\, n. [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf.
     Apocynaceous.] (Bot.)
     A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous
     milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
     [1913 Webster]

dogbane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dogbane
      n 1: 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