apocynum cannabinum

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1. Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dogbane,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)