Dogbane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dogbane
       n : 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