greater celandine (chelidonium majus l.)

  • 1Chelidonium 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 …

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  • 2greater celandine — 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 …

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  • 3Chelidonium majus — noun perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers • Syn: ↑celandine, ↑greater celandine, ↑swallowwort, ↑swallow wort • Hypernyms: ↑poppy • Member Holonyms: ↑Cheli …

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  • 4greater celandine — noun perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers • Syn: ↑celandine, ↑swallowwort, ↑swallow wort, ↑Chelidonium majus • Hypernyms: ↑poppy • Member Holonyms: ↑Cheli …

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  • 5greater celandine — noun A European perennial herb, Chelidonium majus, a poppy with yellow flowers Syn: swallowwort …

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  • 6Celandine — is a common name for three species of flowers: *Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus , in the poppy family *Lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria , in the buttercup family *Celandine poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum , in the poppy family …

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  • 7celandine — /sel euhn duyn , deen /, n. 1. Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers. 2. Also called lesser celandine. an Old World plant, Ranunculus ficaria, of the… …

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  • 8celandine — n. either of two yellow flowered plants, the greater celandine, Chelidonium majus, and the lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria. Etymology: ME and OF celidoine ult. f. Gk khelidon swallow: the flowering of the plant was associated with the… …

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  • 9Chelidonium — Greater celandine Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division …

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  • 10Lesser celandine — Taxobox name = Lesser celandine image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ranunculales familia = Ranunculaceae genus = Ranunculus species = R. ficaria binomial = Ranunculus ficaria binomial… …

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