rheumatism weed

Noun
  1. Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans;
    Used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints (synset 111788346)
    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
    same as: apocynum cannabinum, indian hemp
  2. North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes;
    Used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints (synset 111788099)
    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
    same as: apocynum androsaemifolium, common dogbane, spreading dogbane

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