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Definition of Columbine
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Aquilegia
Specialized synonyms: Aquilegia Canadensis, Honeysuckle, Meeting House, Aquilegia Caerulea, Aquilegia Scopulorum Calcarea, Blue Columbine, Aquilegia Vulgaris, Granny's Bonnets
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
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, ..."
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