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white swallowwort

Swallowwort \Swal"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.)

  1. See Celandine.

  2. A poisonous plant ( Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.

    African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia.