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Webster 1913 Edition

Apocyneous

A-pocˊy-na′ceous

,

Apˊo-cyn′e-ous

,

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] dogbane; [GREEK] from + [GREEK] dog.]

(Bot.)

Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (

Apocynum

) is the type.