swallowwort

A noun referring to a tropical herb with orange-red flowers and seed pods resembling a swallow's wings, or a perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa plantas do gênero Asclepias (como o algodoeiro-da-praia) ou do gênero Cynanchum, conhecidas por suas flores vistosas e frutos em forma de vagem; muitas são tóxicas e algumas têm uso medicinal ou ornamental.

1. Tropical weed C2 formal scientific

   A tropical herb with orange-red flowers and seed pods that resemble a swallow with spread wings; often considered a weed in tropical regions.

   • Swallowwort grows abundantly along the roadsides in the tropics.
   • The orange-red flowers of swallowwort are quite distinctive.
   • Farmers often try to control swallowwort as it can overtake crops.

   🇵🇹Erva daninha tropical

2. Yellow-flowered perennial C2 formal scientific

   A perennial herb with a branched woody rootstock and bright yellow flowers.

   • Swallowwort with its bright yellow flowers is sometimes grown in gardens.
   • The branched woody stock of swallowwort helps it survive dry seasons.
   • Botanists classify swallowwort as a member of the milkweed family.

   🇵🇹Planta perene de flores amarelas

   Sinônimos: celandinegreater celandinetetterwort