Definition of Columbine

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.


Definition of Columbine

1. a. Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Columbine

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Aquilegia'', having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal. ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) pertaining to a dove or pigeon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Columbine

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbine

columbaries
columbarium
columbariums
columbary
columbate
columbates
columbia sk virus
columbiad
columbiads
columbian mammoth
columbic
columbic acid
columbiferous
columbiform
columbiform bird
columbine (current term)
columbines
columbinic
columbinic acid
columbite
columbite-tantalite
columbites
columbium
columbiums
columbo
columbyn
columel
columella auris
columella cochleae

Literary usage of Columbine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Garden-columbine, with a blue inverted Flower. 14. ... С. В. P. Green degenerate columbine. There are great Varieties of this Plant, ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Colonel Noble has sent General Gordon statements from two of those n ho escaped from the columbine, and they are to the effect that she was on her way down ..."

3. School Violence: Views of Students & the Community: Congressional Hearings edited by Michael Castle (2001)
"I am 18 years old, and a senior graduating from columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. After the columbine incident, I had a lot of mixed emotions. ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"General Gordon informed me to-day that he expected the men who had escaped from the columbine, and who had arrived at St. Augustine, to teach Jacksonville ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1892)
"Not to be behind her consort in insolence, the columbine fired on a gun-boat that was sailing about, brought it to, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Columbine on Dictionary.com!Search for Columbine on Thesaurus.com!Search for Columbine on Google!Search for Columbine on Wikipedia!