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Noun: celandine  'se-lun,dIn
  1. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
    - jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis
     
  2. Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
    - greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus

Derived forms: celandines

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, poppy

Part of: Chelidonium, genus Chelidonium, genus Impatiens

Encyclopedia: Celandine

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Celastraceae
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