swallow-wort
nounEtymology From swallow + wort, because the plant's parts were traditionally fancied as resembling a swallow's tail. Compare celandine.
8 senses
- 1The plants of the genus Vincetoxicum, especially…
- 2The plants of the genus Cynanchum.
- 3Chelidonium majus (greater celandine).
- 4Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf…
- 5orange swallow-wort (Asclepias tuberosa)
- 6silky swallow-wort (Asclepias syriaca
- 7Calotropis spp. (giant milkweed).
- 8Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).
› A plant of any of several species of plants…
The plants of the genus Vincetoxicum, especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum, white swallowwort).
The plants of the genus Cynanchum.
Chelidonium majus (greater celandine).
Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf Coast swallow wort).
› A plant of any of several species of plants… › In genus Asclepias (milkweed):
orange swallow-wort (Asclepias tuberosa)
silky swallow-wort (Asclepias syriaca
› A plant of any of several species of plants…
Calotropis spp. (giant milkweed).
- Among the Kunbis of the Central Provinces of India a bachelor who marries a widow must first be married to an ākra or swallow-wort (Calotropis gigantea), a very common plant with mauve or purple flowers, which grows on waste land.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 527:
Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).
- Derived terms
- African swallow-wort, bearded swallow-wort, black swallow-wort, Gulf Coast swallow-wort, leafless swallow-wort, orange swallow-wort, pale swallow-wort, silky swallow-wort, white swallow-wort
- Related terms
- sparrowwort