The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Columbine \Col"um*bine\, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
   Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
   "Columbine innocency." --Bacon.
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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):

columbine
    n 1: a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy
         spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially
         mountains [syn: columbine, aquilegia, aquilege]