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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