columbine
noun/ˈkɒləmbaɪn/
/ˈkɑːləmbaɪn/
- [countable, uncountable] a garden plant with attractive leaves and pointed blue flowers that hang down
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- Columbine[singular] a female character in traditional Italian theatre
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French colombine, from medieval Latin colombina (herba) ‘dovelike (plant)’, from Latin columba ‘dove’ (from the supposed resemblance of the flower to a cluster of five doves).
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