Swallowwort

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {Asclepias
            curassavica}]
       2: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow
          flowers [syn: {celandine}, {greater celandine}, {swallow
          wort}, {Chelidonium majus}]