cel|an|dine

cel|an|dine
cel|an|dine «SEHL uhn dyn», noun.
1. a plant with yellow flowers, belonging to the poppy family: »

The bluebells, lovely as they are, have not submerged the primroses, the anemones, or even the celandines (London Times).

2. a plant closely related to the buttercup, with yellow flowers and heartshaped leaves; lesser celandine.
╂[< Old French celidoine, learned borrowing from Latin chelīdonia < Greek chelīdónion < chelīd, -ónos swallow2 (because it appears with the arrival of swallows)]

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  • Celandine — Cel an*dine (s[e^]l [a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[ e]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido nios, fr. chelidw n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow.] (Bot.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chelidonium majus — Celandine Cel an*dine (s[e^]l [a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[ e]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido nios, fr. chelidw n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • greater celandine — Celandine Cel an*dine (s[e^]l [a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[ e]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido nios, fr. chelidw n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lasser celandine — Celandine Cel an*dine (s[e^]l [a^]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[ e]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido nios, fr. chelidw n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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