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| col·um·bine [ kólləm bn ] (plural col·um·bines or col·um·bine) |
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plant with spurred flowers: a perennial plant grown for its flowers. Flowers: various colors with five petals and long spurs. Native to: northern temperate zones. Genus Aquilegia.
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| [14th century. Via French< medieval Latin columbina (herba) "(plant) like a dove" < Latin columbinus (see columbine2); from its resemblance to a cluster of doves] |
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