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
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
