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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
{Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria}).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
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