单词 | swallowwort |
释义 | swal·low·wort ![]() n. 1. See celandine. 2. Any of several vines of the genus Cynanchum having clusters of small white or brownish-purple flowers and slender dehiscent pods. [From the association of the plant by ancient writers with the return of the swallows in spring ; see CELANDINE. Sense 2, from the forked shape of their pods after dehiscence, resembling a swallow's tail .] |
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