Pile·wort n. Bot. A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnæus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.
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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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Ranunculus ficaria
n : perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere
having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling
buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a
poultice to relieve piles [syn: lesser celandine, pilewort]