A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Dogbane
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A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonousmilky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
Dogbane meaning & definition 1 of Dogbane.
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any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root
Dogbane meaning & definition 2 of Dogbane.
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Any species of genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae
Dogbane meaning & definition 3 of Dogbane.
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The leaves are produced opposite by pairs upon the branches: the flower consists of one leaf, cut into several segments: from its flower-cup arises the pointal, fixed like a nail in the backpart of the flower. Philip Miller
Dogbane meaning & definition 4 of Dogbane.
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Dogbane, dog-bane, dogs bane, and other variations, some of them regional and some transient, are names for certain plants that are reputed to kill or repel dogs; bane originally meant slayer, and was later applied to plants to indicate that they were poisonous to particular creatures.
Dogbane meaning & definition 5 of Dogbane.