Meaning of CELANDINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'selun`dIn
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- [n] perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
- [n] North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
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| | Synonyms: | | Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, swallow wort, swallowwort, touch-me-not |
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| | See Also: | | Chelidonium, genus Chelidonium, genus Impatiens, herb, herbaceous plant, poppy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
{Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria}).
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