Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Either the spreading dogbane. Apocynum androsæmifolium, or the Indian hemp, A. cannabinum.
- noun The pipsissewa or prince's-pine, Chimaphila umbellata.
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Some call it rheumatism-weed; because a tea made from it is supposed to check that painful disorder.
The American Frugal Housewife Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841
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