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Look up: Celandine

  1. celandine
    [n] - perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Celandine
    Cel'an·dine (sĕl'ăn*dīn) noun [ Middle English celidoine , Old French celidoine , French chélidoine , from Latin chelidonia (sc. herba ), from chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Greek <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/41

  3. Celandine
    • (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. celandine
    any of several distinct flowering plants of similar appearance. The celandine proper, or greater celandine (Chelidonium majus), once a valued plant ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/41

  5. Celandine
    Celandine is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Celandine Flower` Where is it used? The name Celandine is mainly used In English. The name Celandine doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Celandine seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Cel

  6. Celandine
    Celandine is the name of two British flowers. Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus) belongs to the poppy family (Papaveraceae). It is an erect branched herb from thirty to fifty centimetres tall with much-divided leaves and yellow flowers succeeded by narrow, thin pods. Greater celandine grows on wasteland and in hedgerows.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. Celandine
    HMS Celandine was a British Flower Class corvette of 980 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Celandine was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 85 and was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. celandine
    celandine: see poppy.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09115

  9. celandine
    Either of two plants belonging to different families, the only similarity being their bright yellow flowers. The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) belongs to the poppy family and is common in hedgerows. The lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) is a member of the buttercup family and is a common wayside and...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency



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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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