celandine

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celandine

/ˈsɛləndaɪn/

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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.

noun celandines

countable, uncountable Any plant of the genus Chelidonium.
countable, uncountable Either of two not closely related flowering plants So men haue learned many precious remedies for many diseases euen by brute [beasts], as we see by the swallow, who hath taught vs that the ioice of Celandine is singuler for the eies, for that she restoreth sight to her yong ones with Celandine.
countable, uncountable Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus).
countable, uncountable Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria).
Similar: pilewort

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noun greater celandine

中文	白屈菜 báiqūcài
Deutsch	Schöllkraut
Русский	чистоте́л čistotél

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@misc{celandine_2026,
  title = {celandine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/celandine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}