celandine
noun/ˈseləndaɪn/
/ˈseləndaɪn/
[uncountable, countable]- a small wild plant with yellow flowers that grows in the springWord OriginMiddle English, from Old French celidoine, from medieval Latin celidonia, based on Greek khelidōn ‘swallow’ (the flowering of the plant being associated with the arrival of swallows).
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