Definition of Apocynum

1. Noun. Perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Apocynum
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Dogbane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apocynum

Apium graveolens rapaceum
Aplectrum
Aplectrum hyemale
Aplodontia
Aplodontia rufa
Aplodontiidae
Aplysia
Aplysia punctata
Aplysiidae
Apocalypse
Apocalypses
Apocalypticism
Apocrypha
Apocryphal
Apocynaceae
Apocynum (current term)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynum pumilum
Apodemus
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodidae
Apodiformes
Apogon
Apogon maculatus
Apogonidae
Apoidea
Apollinaire
Apollinarian
Apollinarians

Literary usage of Apocynum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1900)
"Apocynum.—DR. TB McGEE, mentioning the aids to digitalis in chronic cardiac ... Apocynum causes no cumulative effects, and it will occasionally prove ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"Apocynum Cannabinum as a Diuretic.—The treatment of dropsy with Apocynum Cannabinum (American Indian hemp, by no means to be confounded with ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1898)
"Apocynum CANNABINUM. BY WILLIAM D. TURNER, MD, Pasadena, California. The comments of one of your contributors on the action of apocynum cannabinum in your ..."

4. Rubber-content of North American Plants by Harvey Monroe Hall, Frances Louise Long (1921)
"VARIATION IN THE RUBBER-CONTENT OF ASCLEPIAS AND Apocynum. ... Since the rubber both in Asclepias and in Apocynum is carried by the latex, ..."

5. American Observer Medical Monthly (1864)
"Several days had now elapsed, and I now resolved to try the Apocynum c. ... The discharge was fluid, and still undiminished. left Apocynum to be taken in ..."

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