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celadon definition

cela·don (sel′ə dän′, -dən)

noun

a pale grayish green

Etymology: Fr céladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after Céladon, the hero in Astrée, romance by d'Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladōn), character in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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