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dogbane

dogbane noun: any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.

Noun

dogbane (countable and uncountable, plural dogbanes)

  1. Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
    • Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice
    Synonyms:
    colchica

dogbane meaning in Tamil and Persian

dogbane in Tamil

நாய்களைக் கொல்லும் நச்சுச்செடி வகை

dogbane in Persian

Apocynum
شاهدانه هندی šâhdâne-ye hendi

Synonyms of dogbane

Forms of dogbane

pluraldogbanes
alternative formdogs-bane
alternative formdogsbane
alternative formdog's-bane

Origin of dogbane

From dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.

Questions about dogbane

What does dogbane mean?
Dogbane means any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
What is dogbane in Tamil?
Dogbane in Tamil is நாய்களைக் கொல்லும் நச்சுச்செடி வகை. See Dogbane meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dogbane?
Dogbane is a noun.
What is the plural of dogbane?
The plural of dogbane is dogbanes.

Words near dogbane in the dictionary

  1. dogaressas
  2. dogate
  3. dogates
  4. dogback
  5. dogballs
  6. dogbane
  7. dogbanes
  8. dogberries
  9. dogberry
  10. dogberryism
  11. dogberryisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogbane (page history and authors); dogbane (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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