Definition of "dogbane" []

• Any of several plants of the genus Apocynum, having milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers. (noun)

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• "An even stronger rope can be fashioned from a dried plant called dogbane, once the stick-like stalks have been crushed and the flaky covering removed."
• "The dogbane, which is perfectly adapted to the butterfly, and dependent upon it for help in producing fertile seed, ruthlessly destroys all poachers that are not big or strong enough to jerk away from its vise-like grasp."
• "Others, such as dogbane, black currant and large sage, continue to experience smaller yields each year."