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swallowwort |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {African swallowwort}, a plant of the genus Stapelia. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria}). From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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