Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Aquilegia in the buttercup family, native to northern temperate regions and cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers that have petals with long hollow spurs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The popular name of plants of the genus Aquilegia (which see).
- Pertaining to or having the characters of a pigeon or dove; in ornithology, belonging to the Columbæ or Columbinæ; columbaceous.
- Of a dove-color; resembling the neck of a dove in color.
- noun One of the Columbæ or Columbidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
- noun (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia.
- noun The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
plant of thegenus Aquilegia , havingdistinctive bell -shapedflowers withspurs on eachpetal . - adjective archaic Pertaining to a
dove orpigeon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thanks Kyna, the columbine is a favorite of mine as well.
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Thanks, the columbine was a lucky freebie, sometimes they are not so wonderful.
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WATERS: Governor Bill Owens and his wife now proceeding to plant what they're calling columbine flowers following that moment of reflection on this moment one year ago when that terrible tragedy began at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Colorado Remembrance of Columbine Shooting Victims - April 20, 2000 2000
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The columbine is a symbol of sorrow, because of its deep blue-purple color.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The columbine is a symbol of sorrow, because of its deep blue-purple color.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The columbine is the graceful little flower we so often hear called honeysuckle.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester
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"It is called 'columbine' because the spurs look a little like doves around a drinking fountain, and the Latin word for dove is '_columba_," said Dorothy.
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DeAngelis, like so many, know that the word "columbine" will forever be associated with the tragic shootings.
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Human life is more important than an immediate apprehension of the suspect, unless it is an active shooter situation (school shooting such as columbine, where the shooter is still injuring others at the current time).
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Some popular perennials and biennials such as columbine, foxglove,
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sonofgroucho commented on the word columbine
Also known as aquilegia.
October 15, 2007
rocksinmypockets commented on the word columbine
The tag was a good idea, SonfoGroucho. I have to remember to think about tags as a tool for clarification here. Thanks!
October 15, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word columbine
I tag all my photos in Flickr, so it has become a bit of a habit. I'm not sure if we'll ever geotag words in Wordie!
October 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word columbine
How would geotagging apply to words? Well I can see noting regions for local dialects, but most words are pretty universal...
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word columbine
Maybe not words, but geotagging users would be kind of fun. :-) All voluntary, of course.
October 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word columbine
But... but... I don't want people to know I live in Albuquerque!!
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word columbine
And yet, you keep telling us all about New Mexico.
October 15, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word columbine
We could all falsely geotag ourselves to make it look as if we live in much more exotic places than we do: like Albuquerque, for example.
October 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word columbine
Quiet, jennarenn, you'll blow my cover! I've been so careful keeping my location a secret...
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word columbine
You must be practicing for your TS clearance!
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word columbine
Uselessness lives in New Mexico?? I had no idea.
Meantime, I'll have to find some way to make it look as though I'm posting from Pennsylvania. For palooka's sake.
October 15, 2007
palooka commented on the word columbine
You probably have friends in Pennsylvania you could relay through reesetee. Is it monsoon season there in India yet old wise one?
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word columbine
Er...no, palooka, not yet! I'll let you know when...uh...monsoon season hits!
*mumbles to self*
October 15, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word columbine
columbine - The inverted flower supposedly resembles a cluster of five doves.
October 23, 2010