columbine, aquilegia, aquilege
(noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
Source: WordNet® 3.1
columbine (plural columbines)
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
columbine (comparative more columbine, superlative most columbine)
(archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
Columbine
A census-designated place in Arapahoe County and Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, infamous for the school shooting that happened there in 1999.
The sweetheart of Harlequin in old pantomimes.
Columbine (plural Columbines)
An incident in which someone shoots multiple people at a school.
Source: Wiktionary
Col"um*bine, a. Etym: [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.
Col"um*bine, n. Etym: [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
