GENUS CHELIDONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chelidonium mean? 

• GENUS CHELIDONIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS CHELIDONIUM has 1 sense:

1. one species: greater celandine

  Familiarity information: GENUS CHELIDONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CHELIDONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: greater celandine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chelidonium; genus Chelidonium

Hypernyms ("genus Chelidonium" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chelidonium"):

celandine; Chelidonium majus; greater celandine; swallow wort; swallowwort (perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Chelidonium" is a member of...):

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)