English Explanatory Dictionary

swallow-wort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail:
  2. Plants of genus Vincetoxicum, especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum, white swallowwort).
  3. Plants of genus Cynanchum
  4. Chelidonium majus (greater celandine).
  5. Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf Coast swallow wort).
  6. In genus Asclepias (milkweed):
  7. orange swallow-wort (Asclepias tuberosa)
  8. silky swallow-wort (Asclepias syriaca
  9. Calotropis spp. (giant milkweed).
  10. Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).

Word forms

swallow-wort swallow-worts swallowwort swallow wort

Etymology

From swallow + wort. See celandine.

Derived words

African swallow-wort bearded swallow-wort black swallow-wort Gulf Coast swallow-wort leafless swallow-wort orange swallow-wort pale swallow-wort silky swallow-wort white swallow-wort

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 白前 Ancient Greek: ἀσκληπιάς Japanese: 鴎蔓
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