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NOUN (2)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]