SINCE 1828
rheumatism weed
nounDefinition of rheumatism weed
: any of several North American plants used especially formerly in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in the joints: such as
a
: pipsissewa
b
: either of two common dogbanes (Apocynum cannibinum and A. androsaemifolium)
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