Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - columbine
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin columbina, from Latin, feminine of columbinus like a dove, from columba dove; akin to Old High German holuntar elder tree, Greek kolymbos a small grebe, kelainos black Date: 14th century any of a genus (Aquilegia) of plants of the buttercup family with irregular showy spurred flowers: as a. a red-flowered plant (A. canadensis) of eastern North America b. a blue-flowered plant (A. caerulea) of the Rocky Mountains COLUMBINE noun Etymology: Italian Colombina Date: 1719 the saucy sweetheart of Harlequin in comedy and pantomime ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. any plant of the genus Aquilegia, esp. A. vulgaris, having purple-blue flowers. Also called AQUILEGIA. Etymology: ME f. OF colombine f. med.L colombina herba dovelike plant f. L columba dove (from the supposed resemblance of the flower to a cluster of 5 doves) COLUMBINE n. the partner of Harlequin in pantomime. Etymology: F Colombine f. It. Colombina f. colombino dovelike ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) бот. водосбор (Aquilegia) 2) голубиный – European columbine – feathered columbine – small-flowered columbine – wild columbine ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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simplicity голубиная кротость, невинность COLUMBINE I Columbine noun коломбина II 1. noun bot. водосбор 2. adj. голубиный - columbine simplicity ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from M.L. columbina, from L.L. columbina "verbena," fem. of L. columbinus "dovelike," from columba "dove." The inverted flower supposedly resembles a cluster of five doves. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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