COLUMBINE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.

2.
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.

3.
n.

The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.

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