1.
[syn: meeting house, honeysuckle, Aquilegia canadensis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aquilegia canadensis
n 1: columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red
flowers [syn: meeting house, honeysuckle, Aquilegia
canadensis]