Apocynum cannabinum

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Noun1.Apocynum cannabinum - Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native AmericansApocynum cannabinum - Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
rheumatism weed, Indian hemp
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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