celandine.
Any plant of the genus Chelidonium.
Meaning & usage
Any plant of the genus Chelidonium.
Either of two not closely related flowering plants
Either of two not closely related flowering plants: Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus).
Either of two not closely related flowering plants: Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English celidoine, Old French celidoine, French chélidoine, from Latin chelīdonia, from chelīdonius (“relating to the swallow”), from Ancient Greek χελιδόνιος (khelidónios), χελιδών (khelidṓn). It was traditionally supposed to flower when the swallows appeared, and to perish when they departed.
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