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Webster 1913 Edition
Swallowwort
Swal′low-wortˊ
,Noun.
(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.
Definition 2024
swallowwort
swallowwort
See also: swallow-wort
English
Noun
swallowwort (plural swallowworts)
- Any of several vines of the genus Cynanchum.
- A tetterwort, Chelidonium majus or Sanguinaria canadensis.
- Any of various plants of the genus Asclepias.
- The plant Euphorbia maculata.