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单词 swallowwort
释义
swal·low·wort (swŏlō-wûrt, -wôrt)
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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