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Definition of Swallowwort

1. Noun. Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics.

2. Noun. Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.

Definition of Swallowwort

1. n. See Celandine.

Definition of Swallowwort

1. Noun. Any of several vines of the genus ''Cynanchum''. ¹

2. Noun. A tetterwort. ¹

3. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus ''Asclepias''. ¹

4. Noun. The plant ''Euphorbia maculata''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swallowwort

swallow shrike swallow up swallow wort swallowable swallowe swallowed swallowers swallowest swalloweth swallowfish

swallowing swallows swallowtail swallowtails swallowwort (current term) swallowworts swaly swam swamboite swami

swamies swamis swamp swamp ash swamp azalea swamp bay swamp beggar-ticks swamp birch swamp blackberry

Literary usage of Swallowwort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wild Garden by Robinson, William, F. L. S., F.L.S. William Robinson, W. Robinson (1870)
"-J THE swallowwort FAMILY. ... Would grow on bare ground on our mountains or high hills as well as it does on the Alps. swallowwort Gentian. ..."

2. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... rule, predominate; rise (above). dommage, m. damage. c'est —, it is a pity. dommageable, a. detrimental, injurious. dompte-venin, m. (Bot.} swallowwort ..."

3. The Wild Garden by Robinson, William, F. L. S., F.L.S. William Robinson, W. Robinson (1870)
"-J THE swallowwort FAMILY. ... Would grow on bare ground on our mountains or high hills as well as it does on the Alps. swallowwort Gentian. ..."

4. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... rule, predominate; rise (above). dommage, m. damage. c'est —, it is a pity. dommageable, a. detrimental, injurious. dompte-venin, m. (Bot.} swallowwort ..."

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