| NOUN | plant | Asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort | tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings |
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| Meaning | Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics. | |
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| Synonyms | blood flower, swallowwort | |
| Broader | milkweed, silkweed | Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
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