celandine
Plural: celandines
Noun
- North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
- perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
- Any plant of the genus Chelidonium.
- 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).
- Either of two not closely related flowering plants
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, swallow wort, swallowwort, touch-me-not, pilewort
Scrabble Score: 12
celandine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcelandine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
celandine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary