swallow-wort

See also: swallowwort

English

white swallow-wort
(Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)

Alternative forms

• swallowwort, swallow wort

Etymology

From swallow +‎ wort. See celandine.

Noun

swallow-wort (countable and uncountable, plural swallow-worts)

1. A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts resemble a swallow's tail:
   1. Vincetoxicum (syn. Cynanchum) spp., especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum, white swallowwort).
   2. Chelidonium majus or Sanguinaria canadensis (greater celandine / tetterwort).
   3. Asclepias spp. (milkweed).
   4. Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge).
   5. Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf Coast swallow wort).
   6. Calotropis spp. (milkweed).

Derived terms

• African swallow-wort, African swallowwort (Stapelia spp.)
• black swallow-wort, black swallowwort (Vincetoxicum nigrum)
• Gulf Coast swallow wort (Pattalias palustris. syn. Seutera angustifolia)
• orange swallow-wort, orange swallowwort (Asclepias tuberosa)
• silky swallow-wort, silky swallowwort (Asclepias syriaca)
• white swallow-wort, white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)

Translations

a plant of the genus Vincetoxium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白前 (zh) (báiqián)

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀσκληπιάς f (asklēpiás)

Further reading

• swallow-wort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cynanchum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chelidonium majus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sanguinaria canadensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Asclepias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Euphorbia maculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies