- dogbane - 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
--1 is a kind of poisonous plant
--1 is a member of Apocynum, genus Apocynum
--1 has particulars:common dogbane, spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed, Apocynum androsaemifolium; Indian hemp, rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum; Rocky Mountain dogbane, Apocynum pumilum