Meaning of COLUMBINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâlum`bIn
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| | Definition: | | [n] a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains |
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| | Synonyms: | | aquilege, aquilegia |
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| | See Also: | | Aquilegia canadensis, Aquilegia coerulia, Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea, Aquilegia vulgaris, blue columbine, flower, genus Aquilegia, granny's bonnets, honeysuckle, meeting house | |
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\Col"um*bine\, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
``Columbine innocency.'' --Bacon.
\Col"um*bine\, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus
dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called
from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus
{Aquilegia}; as, {A. vulgaris}, or the common garden
columbine; {A. Canadensis}, the wild red columbine of
North America.
2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
--Brewer.
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