Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swallowwort
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)
Sense 2
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)