1. Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
   "Swallowwort spread throughout the garden";
   - celandine, greater celandine, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus
    
2. Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
   "swallowwort attracted numerous butterflies to the garden";
   - blood flower, Asclepias curassavica

Derived forms: swallow worts, swallowworts

Type of: milkweed, poppy, silkweed

Part of: Chelidonium, genus Chelidonium

Encyclopedia: Swallowwort