NOUN | plant | swallowwort, blood flower, Asclepias curassavica | tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings |
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plant | swallowwort, celandine, greater celandine, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus | perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers |
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, Asclepias curassavica | |
Broader | milkweed, silkweed | Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
Meaning | perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers. | |
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Synonyms | celandine, greater celandine, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus | |
Member of | Chelidonium, genus Chelidonium | One species |
Broader | poppy | annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers |
Spanish | celidonia mayor, celidonia | |
Catalan | celidonia, Chelidonium majus |
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