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US
/ˈdɔɡˌbeɪn/
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NOUN
- 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
How To Use dogbane In A Sentence
- The leaves are larger and more elliptical than hemp dogbane and all plant parts exude a milky substance when broken.
- Whereas his fields used to sprout hemp dogbane and wirestem mully, now the troublemakers are mainly foxtail and pigweed, with buttonweed showing up some years, and some horseweed in the small grain.
- When Jan pulls out an entire roll of dogbane cord he made himself, the class "oohs" its approval. Primitive Instincts: Where modern man can learn to live like his ancestors
- The dogbane, which is perfectly adapted to the butterfly, and dependent upon it for help in producing fertile seed, ruthlessly destroys all poachers that are not big or strong enough to jerk away from its vise-like grasp. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
- Because some perennial broadleaf weeds, such as bindweeds, hemp dogbane, common milkweed, and Jerusalem artichoke, cannot be controlled effectively for relay intercropping, severely infested fields should be avoided.
- This can be an effective method of managing hemp dogbane and common milkweed.
- Others, such as dogbane, black currant and large sage, continue to experience smaller yields each year. Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News
- Allied to the milkweed is another plant, the dogbane (_Apocynum_), which has a similar trick of entrapping its insect friends. My Studio Neighbors
- Blue stars are related to dogbanes, oleander, and periwinkles, and produce a similarly milky sap which can be messy.
- Control of johnsongrass, hemp dogbane, and volunteer corn is often achieved using concentrated solutions of herbicides applied in this manner.