[swol-oh-wurt, -wawrt] 
| 1. | celandine (def. 1). |
| 2. | any of several plants of the milkweed family, esp. a climbing vine, Cynanchum nigrum (black swallowwort), native to Europe, having small, brownish flowers. |
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n-dahyn, -deen] | 1. | Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers. |
| 2. | Also called lesser celandine. an Old World plant, Ranunculus ficaria, of the buttercup family, having fleshy, heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers. |
n swallow; said to be so called because it blooms when the swallows return in spring