swallowwort
1. tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics • Syn: blood flower, Asclepias curassavica • Hypernyms: milkweed, silkweed 2. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers • Syn: celandine, greater celandine, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus • Hypernyms: poppy • Member Holonyms: Chelidonium, genus Chelidonium
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