celandine

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celandine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Celandine \Cel"an*dine\ (s[e^]l"[a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE.
     celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch['e]lidoine, 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]

celandine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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,
           celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis]
      2: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow
         flowers [syn: celandine, greater celandine,
         swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus]