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单词 dog-bane
释义 ˈdog's-bane, ˈdog-bane
[See bane.]
A rendering of the ancient names Apocynum and Cynoctonum, given to various plants reputed to be poisonous to dogs, chiefly of the orders Asclepiadaceæ and Apocynaceæ; now a book-name of the latter, and specifically of Apocynum androsæmifolium.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cccxxii. 755 Dogs bane is a deadly and dangerous plant, especially to fower footed beasts.1726Dict. Rust. etc. (ed. 3), Dogs-bane, an Herb so call'd because it kills Dogs.1866Treas. Bot., Dogbanes, a name given by Lindley to the Apocynaceæ. Dog's-bane, a name for Apocynum; also Aconitum Cynoctonum.
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