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English → English (gcide) Definition: Vincetoxicum officinale 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. [1913 Webster] African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]