[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.
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African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia.
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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.
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Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).
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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]