| common dogbane | (n) North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints, Syn. Apocynum androsaemifolium, spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed |
| indian hemp | (n) Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints, Syn. rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum |