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    RHEUMATISM WEED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in jointsplay

    Synonyms:

    Apocynum androsaemifolium; common dogbane; rheumatism weed; spreading dogbane

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("rheumatism weed" is a kind of...):

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in jointsplay

    Synonyms:

    Apocynum cannabinum; Indian hemp; rheumatism weed

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("rheumatism weed" is a kind of...):

    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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