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Found 2 hits - Term: celandine, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
celandine \cel"andine\ se^l"a^ndimacn, n. oe.
   celidoine, of. celidoine, f. ch'elidoine, 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. bot.
   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

   lasser celandine, the pilewort ranunculus ficaria.
      1913 webster
see also:
chelidonium majus greater celandine swallowwort lasser celandine ranunculus ficaria 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
celandine
     n 1: north american annual plant with usually yellow or orange
          flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil syn: jewelweed,
           lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not, impatiens
          capensis
     2: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow
        flowers syn: greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow
        wort, chelidonium majus
see also:
jewelweed lady's earrings orange balsam touch-me-not impatiens capensis greater celandine 
swallowwort swallow wort chelidonium majus 

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