[cel.an.dine] n [ME celidoine, fr. MF, fr. L chelidonia, fr. fem. of chelidonius of the swallow, fr. Gk chelidonios, fr. chelidon-, chelidon swallow] (12c) 1: a yellow-flowered Eurasian biennial herb (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family naturalized in the eastern U.S.
2: lesser celandi ne