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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