(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:11:30

Dog"bane` (?), n. [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. Apocynaceous.] Bot.

A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.

 

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