Col"um*bine (?), a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
"
Columbine innocency."
Bacon.
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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, 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.
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