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vincetoxicum officinale
From The 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.
[1913 Webster]
African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
