Home › Words › D › dogbanedogbanedogbane means any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.EtymologyFrom dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.nounAny plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.e.g.“Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.apocyneous 73% match — Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum. vs dogbane →colchica 63% match — dogbane vs dogbane →alstonia 62% match — Any of the genus Alstonia of evergreen trees and shrubs in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. vs dogbane →dogweed 61% match — Any plant of the genus Adenophyllum. vs dogbane →apocynaceous 61% match — Of the family Apocynaceae, which contains the periwinkle and oleander. vs dogbane →aconite 58% match — The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous. vs dogbane →cowbane 57% match — Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta vs dogbane →lupin 57% match — Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. vs dogbane →