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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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