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Noun: rheumatism weed
  1. Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fibre used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
    - Indian hemp, Apocynum cannabinum
     
  2. North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
    - common dogbane, spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium

Derived forms: rheumatism weeds

Type of: dogbane

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