Celandine

[selәndain]

Definition

(noun.) perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.

Typed by Allan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Edited by Hattie

Definition

n. swallow-wort the popular name (and corruption) of Chelidonium majus a perennial papaveraceous (poppy) herb so named because it was supposed to flower when the swallows appeared and to perish when they departed.

Typed by Elinor