🌼 A yellow wildflower 🌿 A garden herb

celandine

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A plant that lives for several years with woody stems and bright yellow flowers often in shady places

noun
/ˈsɛlənˌdaɪn/

: celidonia mayor

In spring, the garden was filled with bright yellow celandine flowers that attracted many bees.

Examples

Talbor offered an example of how the "ready medicine" celandine (likely Chelidonium majus) became an ophthalmic treatment for people.

Academic text (2018)
She carefully identified the celandine growing in the meadow, noting its distinctive branched stems.
The herbalist recommended celandine for its traditional use in treating various ailments.

Synonyms

greater celandine

vscelandine

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A plant with bright yellow flowers and woody stems that grows in Europe and western Asia

is used for same plant but gives a broader range across Europe and Asia

Chelidonium majus

vscelandine

Specialized

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A plant that lives for many years and has bright yellow flowers called greater celandine

is the common name used more generally across Europe and Asia

Compounds

celandine poppy

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A small plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in shady woods

lesser celandine

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A small plant with heart-shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers like a buttercup

greater celandine

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A plant with bright yellow flowers and woody stems that grows in Europe and western Asia

tree celandine

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A small tree from Central America with purple-green flowers

Surface Forms

celandine singular

celandines plural

Etymology

Celandine comes from the old Greek chelidon meaning 'swallow', since people long ago saw these bright yellow herbs open when swallows came back in spring. That's why the name is used for the plant that returns every year in European and Asian woodlands and helps you remember it as a yellow spring flower.