Dictionary entry

Swallowwort

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.