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Webster 1913 Edition

Columbine

Col′um-bine

,
Adj.
[L.
columbinus
, fr.
columba
dove.]
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
“Columbine innocency.”
Bacon.

Col′um-bine

,
Noun.
[
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
, or the common garden columbine;
Aquilegia Canadensis
, the wild red columbine of North America
.
2.
The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
Brewer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Columbine

COLUMBINE

,
Adj.
Like or pertaining to a pigeon or dove; of a dove-color, or like the neck of a dove.

COLUMBINE

,
Noun.
Aquilegia, a genus of plants of several species. The Thalictrum or meadow-rue is also called feathered columbine.

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