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Meaning of columbine in English
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn/
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Noun
columbine
Etymology
late Middle English: from Old French colombine, from medieval Latin colombina (herba)‘dove-like (plant)’, from Latin columba‘dove’ (from the supposed resemblance of the flower to a cluster of five doves)
Definitions
1.
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers
Examples
« north temperate regions especially mountains »