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swallowwort

DEFINITIONS OF: swallowwort

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n tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics

Synonyms:
Asclepias curassavica, blood flower
Type of:
milkweed, silkweed
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

n perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

Synonyms:
Chelidonium majus, celandine, greater celandine, swallow wort
Type of:
poppy
annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
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