Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swallow_wort

1 sense of swallow wort

Sense 1
celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus -- (perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers)
       => poppy -- (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)


1 of 2 senses of swallowwort

Sense 1
blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias curassavica -- (tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics)
       => milkweed, silkweed -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)