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Definition of Greater celandine
1. Noun. Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.
Generic synonyms: Poppy
Group relationships: Chelidonium, Genus Chelidonium
Definition of Greater celandine
1. Noun. A European perennial herb, ''Chelidonium majus'', a poppy with yellow flowers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater Celandine
Literary usage of Greater celandine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"greater celandine; Swallow-wort Chelidonium majus Flowers—Lustreless yellow,
about \ in. across, on slender pedicels, in a small umbel-like cluster. ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"greater celandine, with Leaves like the Oak, ... greater celandine, with fine-
cut Leaves and Flowers. ..."
3. The Weekly Visitor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1835)
"The presence of this yellow juice enables us to ascertain the greater celandine,
with more ease than a laboured description of its parts. ..."
4. The Diseases of the Liver: Jaundice, Gall-stones, Enlargements, Tumours, and by James Compton Burnett (1895)
"The greater Celandine." " Then it is not by any means a new remedy, ... And so
it was: the use of the greater Celandine in jaundice has trickled down to us ..."
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