swallow-wort noun 9forms 2 noun9 •A plant of any of several species of plants whose parts are traditionally fancied as resembling a swallow's tail. •The plants of the genus Vincetoxicum, especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn. Cynanchum vincetoxicum, white swallowwort). •The plants of the genus Cynanchum. •Chelidonium majus (greater celandine). •Pattalias palustris (syn. Seutera angustifolia, Gulf Coast swallow wort). •orange swallow-wort (Asclepias tuberosa) •silky swallow-wort Asclepias syriaca •Calotropis spp. (giant milkweed). •Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge). formsswallow worts · swallow-worts