Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apocynum_androsaemifolium
1 sense of apocynum androsaemifolium
Sense 1
common dogbane, spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed, Apocynum androsaemifolium -- (North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints)
=> 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)