CELANDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does celandine mean? 

• CELANDINE (noun)
  The noun CELANDINE has 2 senses:

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

2. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: CELANDINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELANDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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)