Definition of "swallowwort" []

• See celandine. (noun)
• Any of several vines of the genus Cynanchum, especially C. nigrum, native to Europe, having clusters of small brownish-purple flowers. (noun)

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• "The swallow sees both small and far, so the swallowwort song goes."
• "The swallowwort made me see everything smeared and refulgent and glittering in the yellow candlelight."
• "The forest gave me a gift: there by my right hand, in a crevice in the boulder, a swallowwort grew with bright yellow flowers and leaves of fresh green."