Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rheumatism_weed

2 senses of rheumatism weed

Sense 1
Indian hemp, rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum -- (Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; 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)

Sense 2
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)