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rheumatism weed
     n 1: Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by
          native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or
          inflammation in joints [syn: {Indian hemp}, {Apocynum
          cannabinum}]
     2: North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose
        cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in
        joints [syn: {common dogbane}, {spreading dogbane}, {Apocynum
        androsaemifolium}]