Search Result for "greater celandine":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers;
[syn: celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus]


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

greater celandine n 1: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers [syn: celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus]