Swallowwort \Swal"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) See Celandine. (b) 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Celandine \Cel"an*dine\ (s[e^]l"[a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE.
celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch['e]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia
(sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr.
chelido`nios, fr. chelidw`n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a
swallow.]
(Bot.)
A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the
poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine
in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is
used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater
celandine and swallowwort.
Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |