Apocynum

noun

perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Apocynum

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Apocynaceae, ↑family Apocynaceae, ↑dogbane family

• Member Meronyms: ↑dogbane

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\\-sənəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, dogbane, from Greek apokynon, from apo- + -kynon (from kyn-, kyōn dog) — more at hound

: a genus of chiefly American perennial herbs (family Apocynaceae) with opposite leaves and small white or pink flowers in corymbose cymes — see indian hemp 1

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Apocynum /a-posˈi-nəm/

noun

The dogbane genus of plants, giving name to the periwinkle family Apocynāˈceae, closely related to the asclepiads

ORIGIN: Gr apokynon an asclepiad poisonous to dogs, from apo off, and kyōn, kynos a dog

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apocynāˈceous adjective

Of that family