(n) 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
(n) chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs, Syn. family Apocynaceae, dogbane family
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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. [ 1913 Webster ]