vincetoxicum officinale

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vincetoxicum officinale - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Swallowwort \Swal"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
        (a) See Celandine.
        (b) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the
            Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also
            called white swallowwort.
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     African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia.
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  Vincetoxin \Vin`ce*tox"in\, n. (Chem.)
     A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort
     (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family)
     as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also
     asclepiadin, and cynanchin.
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