a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Apocyne-æ (f. Apocynum ‘dog’s-bane,’ ad. Gr. ἀπόκυνον, f. ἀπό off + κυν- dog) + -OUS.] = prec.

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1852.  T. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., II. xvi. 51. The first shoots of the apocyneous plants.

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1854.  Hooker, Himal. Jrnls., II. xxx. 334. A climbing apocyneous plant.

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