Celandine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]