Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.

    Akelei

    водосбо́рvodosbór

    водозбі́рvodozbír

    a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains

Translations

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any plant of the genus Aquilegia:
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any plant of the genus Aquilegia:
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any plant of the genus Aquilegia:

Origin

From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clust

From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.

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Forms

plural: columbines
Singularcolumbine
Pluralcolumbines

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains:aquilegiaaquilege

Word family

5 related words

See also

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