apocynum A genus of chiefly American perennial herbs of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) with opposite leaves and small white or pink flowers comprising the dogbanes of which several are the source of substances with physiological activity resembling digitalis. Dogbanes are perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender p... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/167/