'Aquilegia vulgaris' definitions:
Definition of 'Aquilegia vulgaris'
(from WordNet)
noun
Common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: granny's bonnets, Aquilegia vulgaris]
Definition of 'Aquilegia vulgaris'
From: GCIDE
- Columbine \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, Aquilegia vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; Aquilegia Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. --Brewer. [1913 Webster]