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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 Classified under: Nouns denoting plants Synonyms: Asclepias curassavica; blood flower; swallowwort Hypernyms ("swallowwort" is a kind of...): 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 Classified under: Nouns denoting plants Synonyms: Chelidonium majus; greater celandine; swallow wort; celandine; swallowwort Hypernyms ("swallowwort" is a kind of...): poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers) Holonyms ("swallowwort" is a member of...): Chelidonium; genus Chelidonium (one species: greater celandine)  "Red sky at night: sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning: sailor take warning." (English proverb) "The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things." (Native American proverb, Hopi) "Dog won't eat dog's meat." (Armenian proverb) "If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: silkweed definition Definition of genus Chelidonium Chelidonium definition Pronunciation of poppy milkweed definition
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