rheumatism weed   (TTS Sound)

The noun rheumatism weed has 2 senses

• Indian hemp, rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum -- (Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints)


• common dogbane, spreading dogbane, rheumatism weed, Apocynum androsaemifolium -- (North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints)