dog's-bane

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n. The popular name of the plant Apocynum androsæmifolium. The root is intensely bitter, and has been used in America as a substitute for ipecacuanha. See Apocynum.
n. The Aconitum Cynoctonum.

“Apocynum cannabinum, L. A. pubescens, Ell.Sk. Indian hemp; dog's-bane; old Amy-root; grows along fences in wet soils; collected in St. John's; vicinity of Charleston; Newbern.”

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
“These are small flowers, of the dog's-bane kind, very much resembling each other in shape and smell, highly fragrant, but very different from every product of an English garden.”

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13

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