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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.

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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...
  • Others, such as dogbane, black currant and large sage, continue to experience smaller yields each year.
  • When Jan pulls out an entire roll of dogbane cord he made himself, the class "oohs" its approval.
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