Col·um·bine, n.
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.
2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
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Aquilegia canadensis
n : columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red
flowers [syn: meeting house, honeysuckle]