- col·um·bine
- /ˈkɑːləmˌbaın/ noun, pl -bines [count, noncount]: a plant that has flowers with five petals that are thin and pointed
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Col|um|bine — 1 «KOL uhm byn», noun. a plant whose flowers have petals shaped like hollow spurs. Wild columbines have red and yellow or blue and white flowers. Columbines are a genus of perennials belonging to the crowfoot family. The Colorado blue columbine… … Useful english dictionary
col|um|bine — 1 «KOL uhm byn», noun. a plant whose flowers have petals shaped like hollow spurs. Wild columbines have red and yellow or blue and white flowers. Columbines are a genus of perennials belonging to the crowfoot family. The Colorado blue columbine… … Useful english dictionary
Col|o|rad|o blue col|um|bine — «KOL uh RAD oh bloo KOL uhm byn», a columbine with blue and white flowers that is the state flower of Colorado … Useful english dictionary
bine — ba·bine; bear·bine; bine; car·bine; com·bine·ment; cor·y·bul·bine; tur·bine; un·com·bine; yo·him·bine; zal·cit·a·bine; col·um·bine; com·bine; con·cu·bine; bell·bine; … English syllables
columbine — col·um·bine … English syllables
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 — Col•um•bine [[t]ˈkɒl əmˌbaɪn[/t]] n. sbz lit. a female character in commedia dell arte and pantomime: sweetheart of Harlequin … From formal English to slang
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
um — abe·ce·dar·i·um; ab·sin·thi·um; acan·tho·cyb·i·um; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; acera·the·ri·um; ach·ro·ma·ti·um; acon·ti·um; ac·ri·din·i·um; ac·ro·tar·si·um; ac·tin·i·um; ac·ti·no·sphae·ri·um; ac·ti·no·trich·i·um; ac·ti·no·ura·ni·um;… … English syllables
Aquilegia Canadensis — 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} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
