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Look up: Columbine

  1. Columbine
    Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) is a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. The flower is purple, blue or white with five petals each ending in a spur.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Columbine
    Columbine is a CDP partly in Jefferson County and partly in Arapahoe County Colorado, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. columbine
    [n] - a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Columbine
    Character in the harlequinade, the lover of Harlequin. ...
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  5. Columbine
    Col'um·bine adjective [ Latin columbinus , from columba dove.] Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. ' Columbine innocency.' Bacon.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/113

  6. Columbine
    Col'um·bine noun [ LL . columbina , Latin columbinus dovelike, from columba dove: confer French colombine . Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.] 1. (Botany) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia ; as, A. vulgaris , or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis , the wild red columbine of North A ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/113

  7. columbine
    aquilegia noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Columbine
    `Columbine` may refer to: * `Aquilegia`, the genus of perennial flowering plants called columbines. One variety, `Rocky Mountain Columbine`, is the state flower of Colorado ** Wild Columbine, a variety of `Aquilegia`
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine

  9. Columbine
    • (n.) The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. • (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Columbine
    stock theatrical character that originated about 1530 in Italian commedia dell`arte as a saucy and adroit servant girl; her Italian name means ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/113

  11. columbine
    any of approximately 70 species of perennial herbaceous plants constituting the genus Aquilegia of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) native to ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/113

  12. Columbine
    Columbine is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Dove` Where is it used? The name Columbine is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Calum ( In Scottish) Cailean ( In Scottish) Columbo ( In Italian) Colum ( In Irish) Colm ( In Irish) For the opposite sex use: In French: Colombe (B) See also In Late Roman: Columba (M) In Italian: Colom
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Col

  13. columbine
    columbine 1. Dove-like; resembling the dove as a type of innocence or gentleness. 2. Columbidae, a family that contains pigeons and doves of about 300 species of small to medium-sized terrestrial and arboreal birds found worldwide in woodland, forests, cities, and arid areas. They feed mostly on seeds and fruit, nest in trees, cliffs, on window ledges or...
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  14. columbine
    columbine (kol'umbīn) , any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers. Columbines have delicate and attractive foliage and flower petals with long spurs that secrete nectar. The ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08129

  15. Columbine
    Columbine: see commedia dell'arte.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09120


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