1. A common European plant with small yellow flowers, belonging to the buttercup family; also called greater celandine.
Usage: Also refers to the lesser celandine, a related plant with similar appearance.; The plant has been used traditionally in herbal medicine.

Examples

• The celandine bloomed along the garden path in early spring.
• Celandine flowers are bright yellow and cup-shaped.
• The plant gets its name from an old belief that swallows used it to restore their sight.
• Celandine grows wild in hedgerows and disturbed ground throughout Europe.
• She identified the celandine by its distinctive lobed leaves and yellow petals.