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Celandine

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Noun

1. celandine, impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

2. celandine, chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort

perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Celandine

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noun
either of two unrelated plants, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) or Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)
greater celandine, lesser celandine

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Celandine

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noun
1. 
a weedy plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with deeply divided leaves and yellow flowers and juice
2. 
a perennial plant (Ranunculus ficaria) of the buttercup family, with yellow flowers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Celandine

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n.
1. A perennial Eurasian herb (Chelidonium majus) having deeply divided leaves, showy yellow flowers, and yellow-orange latex. Also called swallowwort.
2. The lesser celandine.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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