columbine
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- noun
- /ˈkɒl.əm.baɪn/
- Specialized
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aquilegia
- A slender columbine bent in a breath of wind, and a pleasant excitement rippled through me.
Examples
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It fills up with Columbine and hostas in the season.
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♪ ♪ The meadows shine with columbine ♪ ♪ And daffodils blossom away.
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All the columbines I have planted
Fiction book (1999) -
Three types of seeds: Columbine, Bluebell, Larkspur.
Fiction book (1997) -
We have petunias, pinks, and columbine, vegetables too, and table herbs.
Fiction book (1993) -
Odile smelled of violets, and the embroidery of her shirt was columbines.
Fiction book (1991) -
Everywhere, winter's waned snowbanks had given rise to galaxies of buttercups, columbine, larkspur, and Indian paintbrush.
Fiction book (2001) -
The garden was filled with beautiful columbine flowers, their delicate petals swaying in the breeze.
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Every spring, I eagerly await the blooming of columbine, which adds vivid colors to my flower beds.
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In the mountains, wild columbine can often be found growing alongside lush greenery and other vibrant plants.
Synonyms
A flowering plant with showy flowers that have long backward tubes often found in mountains
A garden plant with delicate flowers that have long spurs
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Columbine comes from the Latin columba, meaning 'dove', because people thought the flower's rounded petals and spurs looked like a small group of doves. So the name helps you remember the plant by its delicate, dove-like flowers.