Hypertext Webster Gateway: "columbine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Columbine \Col"um*bine\, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
``Columbine innocency.'' --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Columbine \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
columbine
n : a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy
spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially
mountains [syn: {aquilegia}, {aquilege}]
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