dogbane

English

Alternative forms

• dogs-bane

Etymology

From dog +‎ bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.

Noun

dogbane (plural dogbanes)

1. Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae

   Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice

Synonyms

• colchica (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (genus Apocynum): spreading dogbane, Indianhemp

Translations

Apocynum

• Finnish: oleanterikasvi (fi)
• French: apocyn (fr) m
• German: Hundsgift n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπόκυνον n (apókunon)

• Persian: شاهدانه هندی (šâhdâne-ye hendi)
• Polish: toina f

Further reading

• Apocynum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apocynum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Apocynum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• dogbane at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• bondage, endobag, gone bad