'Swallowwort' definitions:
Definition of 'swallowwort'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers [syn: celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus]
Definition of 'Swallowwort'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'swallowwort'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria). [1913 Webster]