swallow-wort
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Noun
- A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail: Plants of genus Vincetoxicum, especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum, white swallowwort).
- A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail: Plants of genus Cynanchum
- A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail: Chelidonium majus (greater celandine).
- A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail: Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf Coast swallow wort).
- In genus Asclepias (milkweed): orange swallow-wort (Asclepias tuberosa)
- In genus Asclepias (milkweed): silky swallow-wort (Asclepias syriaca
- A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail: Calotropis spp. (giant milkweed).
- A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail: Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).
- Alternative form of swallowwort.
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