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Swallow-wort

SWAL'LOW-WORT

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Noun.
A plant of the genus Asclepias; hirundinaria. It grows in the southern part of Europe, and is said to have been successfully used as a medicine, chiefly in dropsical cases.
The African swallow-wort is of the genus Stapelia.

Definition 2024

swallow-wort

swallow-wort

See also: swallowwort

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Noun

swallow-wort ‎(plural swallow-worts)

  1. Any of several species of plants the parts of which resemble a swallow's tail:
    1. Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
    2. Any of several vines of the genus Cynanchum, especially black swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum nigrum, also Cynanchum nigrum) or white swallowwort (Cynanchum vincetoxicum).
    3. The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus).
    4. Many plants of the genus Asclepias.
    5. Euphorbia maculata

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