apocynum
IPA: ʌpɑkinʌm
Root Word: Apocynum
noun
- Apocynum, commonly known as dogbane or Indian hemp, is a small genus of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae.
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Examples of "apocynum" in Sentences
- The genus Apocynum was used as a source of fiber by Native Americans.
- Pensylvania and New Jersey, they made ropes of this apocynum, which the Swedes bought, and employed them as bridles, and for nets.
- From Glenora there is first a terrace two hundred feet above the river covered mostly with bushes, yellow apocynum on the open spaces, together with carpets of dwarf manzanita, bunch-grass, and a few of the compositae, galiums, etc.
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