celandine
/ˈseləndaɪn/(亦作lesser celandine)
noun
1- a common plant of the buttercup family which produces yellow flowers in the early spring, reproducing either by seed or by bulbils at the base of the stems毛茛。参见GREATER CELANDINE.
1.1
- Ranunculus ficaria, family Ranunculaceae.拉丁名Ranunculus ficaria,毛茛科。
词源
Middle 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).