Columbine Definition

kŏləm-bīn
columbines
noun
columbines
Any of a genus (Aquilegia) of plants of the buttercup family, with dainty, spurred flowers of various colors.
Webster's New World
Daughter of Pantaloon and sweetheart of Harlequin: a stock character in early pantomime.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of or like a dove.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Columbine

Noun

Singular:
columbine
Plural:
columbines

Origin of Columbine

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin columbīna from feminine of Latin columbīnus dovelike (from the resemblance of the inverted flower to a cluster of doves) from columba dove

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French columbin (French colombin), from Latin columbinus, from dove, pigeon.

    From Wiktionary

  • From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.

    From Wiktionary

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