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Meanings of celandine in English

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Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil.

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Examples for "jewelweed"
Examples for "jewelweed"
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This is jewelweed, you can use this kind of like aloe for cuts or poison ivy.
The new yorker
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I've often been amused at and have admired your touch-me-not style.
My Brilliant Career
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The children had a subdued and touch-me-not air that reminded Honora of her own youth.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 02
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Yes; my motto with men is touch-me-not, and it is your own fault if I'm fierce.
My Brilliant Career
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He does have rather a touch-me-not, speak-to-me-never manner.
Mary Rose of Mifflin
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The mast of the weather-vane boat reminds him of a specific plant, the touch-me-not, or impatiens noli-tangere.
The Guardian
Usage of celandine in English
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When I glanced down I saw the first lesser celandine flower.
The Guardian
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In early spring the banks are studded with yellow celandine, coltsfoot and primrose.
The Guardian
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This bird gives sight to its blind young ones by means of celandine.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
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But what I'd really like to have is celandine; that would be most helpful.
The Land of Painted Caves
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He took the little celandine in his hand, crying:
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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On my way home, I saw the first celandine.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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The juice of the greater celandine will adorn you with the most beautiful eruptions and tumors.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
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He notes such features as rookeries, celandine banks, clumps of elms and gorse patches, and each chiffchaff heard.
The Guardian
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His tent was of the colour of the celandine, and on the summit flamed a sun of wondrous brilliancy.
The Seven Champions of Christendom
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The meadow is bare, but in a little while the heart-shaped celandine leaves will come in their accustomed place.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
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The path plunges onward through the intricate weave of flora in the Devon banks; pennywort, celandine, ferns and early primroses.
The Guardian
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We have already alluded to the superstitions relating to birds and plants, but may mention another relating to the celandine.
The Folk-lore of Plants
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From bunches of dark green leaves slender stalks arise and bear the golden petals of the marsh buttercups, the lesser celandine.
The Amateur Poacher
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I shall have it all to take back with me, was the answer, as Carey toyed with the burnished celandine stars in her lap.
Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
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But next year I shall probably have forgotten my arithmetic, and may have to learn once more not to confuse the buttercup with the celandine.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
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On the other hand, there was a wretched fellow, preparing with celandine and beef's blood, his "leg of God," for the next day.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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