- blue columbine
- nouncolumbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Aquilegia
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columbine — columbine1 /kol euhm buyn /, n. 1. a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado. 2. any of various other plants… … Universalium
columbine — UK [ˈkɒləmbaɪn] / US [ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn] noun [countable] Word forms columbine : singular columbine plural columbines a purple or blue flower grown in gardens … English dictionary
columbine blue — noun see columbine I, 2 … Useful english dictionary
columbine — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin columbina, from Latin, feminine of columbinus like a dove, from columba dove; akin to Old High German holuntar elder tree, Greek kolymbos a small grebe, kelainos black Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
columbine — col|um|bine [ kaləm,baın ] noun count a purple or blue flower grown in gardens … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
columbine — [ kɒl(ə)mbʌɪn] noun a plant with long spurred, typically purplish blue flowers. [Aquilegia vulgaris and related species.] Origin ME: from OFr. colombine, ult. from L. columba dove (from the supposed resemblance of the flower to a cluster of five… … English new terms dictionary
columbine — col•um•bine [[t]ˈkɒl əmˌbaɪn[/t]] n. 1) pln a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs 2) pln any of various other plants of the genus Aquilegia, having showy … From formal English to slang
Rocky Mountain columbine — Rocky Mountain columbine, Colorado blue columbine. (Cf. ↑Colorado blue columbine) … Useful english dictionary
