Sowbane (Noun)
Meaning
Herb considered fatal to swine.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Sowbane, also known as Apium ammi or Daphne laureola, was reported to be highly toxic to pigs if ingested in large amounts.
- In rural areas where wild sowbane grows abundantly, local farmers usually instruct their swineherds to avoid pasturing their animals in these contaminated regions.
- Wildlife experts confirmed that pigs usually stay away from areas heavily populated by the plant known as sowbane, because it poses significant risks to their health.
- Care should be taken by people farming or walking their pets through wooded regions heavily infested with deadly plants like water hemlock or sowbane.
- Residents should always look out for potentially deadly plant life, like aconitum, wild arum or sowbane in woodlands adjacent to pastures that raise domestic pigs or even chickens for commercial production.