swallowwort
n 1: tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods
suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed
throughout the tropics [syn: {blood flower}, {swallowwort},
{Asclepias curassavica}]
2: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow
flowers [syn: {celandine}, {greater celandine},
{swallowwort}, {swallow wort}, {Chelidonium majus}]
Swallowwort \Swal"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) See {Celandine}.
(b) A poisonous plant ({Vincetoxicum officinale}) of the
Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also
called {white swallowwort}.
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{African swallowwort}, a plant of the genus Stapelia.
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Celandine \Cel"an*dine\ (s[e^]l"[a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE.
celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch['e]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia
(sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr.
chelido`nios, fr. chelidw`n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a
swallow.] (Bot.)
A perennial herbaceous plant ({Chelidonium majus}) of the
poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine
in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is
used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also {greater
celandine} and {swallowwort}.
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{Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria}).
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