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celandine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun celandine has 2 senses
- celandine(n = noun.plant) impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not - North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
- celandine(n = noun.plant) chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort - perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers; Array is a kind of poppy
is a member of genus impatiens
is a member of chelidonium, genus chelidonium
CIDE DICTIONARY
celandine, n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. chélidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido`nios, fr. chelidw`n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow.].
A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus ) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
celandine, n. either of two yellow-flowered plants, the greater celandine, Chelidonium majus, and the lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria.
Etymology
ME and OF celidoine ult. f. Gk khelidon swallow: the flowering of the plant was associated with the arrival of swallows
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