indian hemp: Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
dogbane: 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
amicus curiae brief: a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it