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APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Apocynum androsaemifolium mean?
• APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM (noun)
The noun APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM has 1 sense:
1. North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Familiarity information: APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Apocynum androsaemifolium; common dogbane; rheumatism weed; spreading dogbane
Hypernyms ("Apocynum androsaemifolium" 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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