columbine.
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Meaning & usage
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Where this word comes from
From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.
Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English columbyne, from Old French columbin (French colombin), from Latin columbinus, from columba (“dove, pigeon”).
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