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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains;
[syn: columbine, aquilegia, aquilege]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Columbine \Col"um*bine\, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.] Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Columbine \Col"um*bine\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. --Brewer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

columbine n 1: a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains [syn: columbine, aquilegia, aquilege]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Columbine, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado Population (2000): 24095 Housing Units (2000): 8800 Land area (2000): 6.638409 sq. miles (17.193399 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.130717 sq. miles (0.338556 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.769126 sq. miles (17.531955 sq. km) FIPS code: 16110 Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08 Location: 39.587887 N, 105.069332 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Columbine, CO Columbine