Found 2 items, similar to Chelidonium majus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Chelidonium majus
Chelidonium majus
n : perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow
flowers [syn:
celandine,
greater celandine,
swallowwort,
swallow wort]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chelidonium majus
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.
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Lasser celandine, the pilewort (
Ranunculus Ficaria).
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Chelidonic
\Chel`i*don"ic\, a. [See
Celandine.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.
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Chelidonic acid, a weak acid extracted from the celandine
(
Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.
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