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celandine

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛləndaɪn/Part of speech nounSorted acdeeilnnStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Buttercups, that will be seen, Whether we will see or no; Others, too, of lofty mien; They have done as worldlings do, Taken praise that should be thine, Little, humble Celandine!
  • Coming suddenly round a corner into a glade of silver birch trees Edmund saw the ground covered in all directions with little yellow flowers—celandines.
  • The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.

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