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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chel·i·don·ic a.  Chem. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.
 Chelidonic acid, a weak acid extracted from the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cel·an·dine n.  Bot. 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.
 Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Chelidonium majus
      n : perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow
          flowers [syn: celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort,
           swallow wort]