apocyneous,a.Bot.|æpəʊˈsɪnɪəs| [f.mod.L. Apocyne-æ (f.Apocynum ‘dog's-bane,’ ad.Gr. ἀπόκυνον, f. ἀπό off + κυν- dog) + -ous.] =prec. 1852T. Ross tr.Humboldt's Trav. II. xvi. 51 The first shoots of the apocyneous plants.1854Hooker Himal. Jrnls. II. xxx. 334 A climbing apocyneous plant.