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Chelidonium

noun

one species: greater celandine

• Syn: ↑genus Chelidonium

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae, ↑poppy family

• Member Meronyms: ↑celandine, ↑greater celandine, ↑swallowwort, ↑swallow wort, ↑Chelidonium majus

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\\ˌkeləˈdōnēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chelidonion celandine, from chelidonion, neuter of chelidonios of the swallow — more at celandine

: a genus of herbs of the family Papaveraceae characterized by brittle stems, yellowish acrid juice, pinnately divided leaves, and small yellow flowers in pedunculate umbels — see celandine

Useful english dictionary. 2012.