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CELANDINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

Synonyms:

celandine; Chelidonium majus; greater celandine; swallow wort; swallowwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("celandine" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Holonyms ("celandine" is a member of...):

Chelidonium; genus Chelidonium (one species: greater celandine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

celandine; Impatiens capensis; jewelweed; lady's earrings; orange balsam; touch-me-not

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("celandine" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("celandine" is a member of...):

genus Impatiens (annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand)

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