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Aquilegia vulgaris (gcide) | 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, Aquilegia vulgaris, or the common
garden columbine; Aquilegia Canadensis, the wild red
columbine of North America.
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2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
--Brewer.
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aquilegia vulgaris (wn) | Aquilegia vulgaris
n 1: common European columbine having variously colored (white
or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers;
naturalized in United States [syn: granny's bonnets,
Aquilegia vulgaris] |
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Aquilegia vulgaris (gcide) | 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, Aquilegia vulgaris, or the common
garden columbine; Aquilegia Canadensis, the wild red
columbine of North America.
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2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
--Brewer.
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