common columbine

Meaning

Noun

• Aquilegia vulgaris (species).

Related

Similar words

• aquilegia, capon's-feather, capon's feather, capon's-tail, capon's tail, clematis-flowered columbine (cultivar), black barlow (cultivar), European columbine, European crowfoot, crowsfoot, dove plant, granny's bonnet, granny's nightcap, variegated columbine, variegated European columbine, woodside variegated columbine

Origin

• From the Latin adjective columbīna "of [a] pigeon[s], dove[s]" (which was used as a modifier, qualifier (i.e. pigeon-like, pigeonish, dove-like, dovish) before the noun herba "plant"), which comes from the noun columba "pigeon, dove". The adjective columbina was later nominalized, with the noun herba "plant" understood. (columbine/dove [plant] < columbina [herba])