Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dogbane | Yes | No | No | No |
Indian hemp | Yes | No | No | No |
dogbane (noun) | Indian hemp (noun) |
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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 | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints |
source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber | |
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation |