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dogs-bane

dogs-bane is the alternative spelling of dogbane.

Meaning of dogbane

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

Forms of dogs-bane

pluraldogs-banes

Questions about dogs-bane

What is dogs-bane the alternative spelling of?
Dogs-bane is the alternative spelling of dogbane.

Words near dogs-bane in the dictionary

  1. dogs out
  2. dogs that caught the car
  3. dogs' dinners
  4. dogs' lives
  5. dogs**t
  6. dogs-bane
  7. dogs-banes
  8. dogsat
  9. dogsbane
  10. dogsbanes
  11. dogsbodied

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