swallow-wort

See also: swallowwort

English
white swallow-wort
(Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)

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Etymology

swallow +‎ wort. See celandine.

Noun

swallow-wort (countable and uncountable, plural swallow-worts)

  1. Any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail:
    1. Any of several vines of genus Vincetoxicum (syn. Cynanchum), especially black swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum nigrum, syn. Cynanchum nigrum) or white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum)
    2. The greater celandine / tetterwort, Chelidonium majus or Sanguinaria canadensis.
    3. Any of various plants of the genus Asclepias.
    4. The plant Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).
    5. Seutera angustifolia
    6. Calotropis gen. et spp.

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