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cel⋅a⋅don

  [sel-uh-don, -dn]
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–noun
1. any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
2. any porcelain imitating these.
3. a pale gray-green.
–adjective
4. having the color celadon.
Origin:
1760–70; named after Céladon, name of a character in L' Astrée, a tale by H. d'Urfé (1568–1625), French writer
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cel·a·don   (sěl'ə-dŏn')   


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n.  

  1. A pale to very pale green.

  2. A type of pottery having a pale green glaze, originally produced in China.


[French, after Céladon, a character in L'Astrée, a romance by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer, after Celadōn, a character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.]
cel'a·don' adj.
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