swallowwort

n 1: tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods

suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed

throughout the tropics [syn: {blood flower}, {Asclepias

curassavica}]

2: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow

flowers [syn: {celandine}, {greater celandine}, {swallow

wort}, {Chelidonium majus}]