swallow-wort

See also: swallowwort

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Etymology

From swallow +‎ wort. See celandine.

Noun

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

  1. A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail:
    1. Vincetoxicum (syn. Cynanchum) spp., especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum, white swallowwort).
    2. Chelidonium majus or Sanguinaria canadensis (greater celandine / tetterwort).
    3. Asclepias spp. (milkweed).
    4. Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).
    5. Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf Coast swallow wort).
    6. Calotropis spp. (milkweed).

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