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SWALLOWWORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
Synonyms:
celandine; Chelidonium majus; greater celandine; swallow wort; swallowwort
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
Synonyms:
Asclepias curassavica; blood flower; swallowwort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
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