| 单词 | celandine |
| 释义 | celandine[ sel-uhn-dahyn, -deen ] / ˈsɛl ənˌdaɪn, -ˌdin / nounAlso called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers. Also called lesser celandine. an Old World plant, Ranunculus ficaria, of the buttercup family, having fleshy, heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers. Origin of celandine1275–1325; Middle English selandyne, variant of celydon<Latin chelīdonia greater celandine, chelīdonium lesser celandine <Greek chelīdónion, derivative of chelīdṓn swallow; said to be so called because it blooms when the swallows return in spring Words nearby celandineCela, celadon, celadonite, Celaeno, Celan, celandine, celandine poppy, Celanese, celature, Celaya, -cele Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for celandineBritish Dictionary definitions for celandinecelandine / (ˈsɛlənˌdaɪn) / nouneither of two unrelated plants, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) or Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)See greater celandine, lesser celandine Word Origin for celandineC13: earlier celydon, from Latin chelīdonia (the plant), from chelīdonius of the swallow, from Greek khelidōn swallow; the plant's season was believed to parallel the migration of swallows Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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