Columbine
WordNet
noun
(1) A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
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Etymology
Old French columbin (French columbin), from Latin columbinus, from columba ‘dove, pigeon’. In the noun sense, from Latin colombina herba ‘dove-like plant’, the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.
Noun
Adjective
columbine
- pertaining to a dove or pigeon
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- Late C14: Com forþ now, wiþ þyne eyen columbyn! / How fairer been þy brestes þan is wyn! — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale
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