SWALLOWWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swallowwort mean? 

• SWALLOWWORT (noun)
  The noun SWALLOWWORT has 2 senses:

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

2. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: SWALLOWWORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWALLOWWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias curassavica; blood flower; swallowwort

Hypernyms ("swallowwort" is a kind of...):

milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

celandine; Chelidonium majus; greater celandine; swallow wort; swallowwort

Hypernyms ("swallowwort" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Holonyms ("swallowwort" is a member of...):

Chelidonium; genus Chelidonium (one species: greater celandine)