CELANDINE, noun A plant, swallow-wort, horned or prickly poppy, growing on old walls, among rubbish, and in waste places. The lesser celandine is called pile-wort, a species of Ranunculus. The name is also given to the Bocconia, a plant of the West Indies, called the greater tree-celandine. The true orthography would be Chelidine.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.