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swallowwort 白屈菜 白屈菜 swallowwort n 1: tropical herb having orange- red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics [ synonym: { blood flower}, { swallowwort}, { Asclepias curassavica}] 2: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers [ synonym: { celandine}, { greater celandine}, { swallowwort}, { swallow wort}, { Chelidonium majus}] Swallowwort \ Swal" low* wort`\, n. ( Bot.) ( a) See { Celandine}. ( b) A poisonous plant ({ Vincetoxicum officinale}) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called { white swallowwort}. [ 1913 Webster] { African swallowwort}, a plant of the genus Stapelia. [ 1913 Webster]
Celandine \ Cel" an* dine\ ( s[ e^] l"[ a^] n* d[ imac] n), n. [ OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[' e] lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia ( sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido` nios, fr. chelidw` n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow.] ( Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant ({ Chelidonium majus}) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron- colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also { greater celandine} and { swallowwort}. [ 1913 Webster] { Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({ Ranunculus Ficaria}). [ 1913 Webster]
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