Definition for Columbine

columbine, n. [Fr. < med. L. columbina, dove's plant.]

Aquilegia; Thalictrum; feathered meadow-rue; star-shaped bloom with tendrils; flowering plant with dove-colored blossoms; [personification] dear girl; maid-servant; pantomime heroine; famous coquette in Old Italian comedy.

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