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aquilegia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aquilegia has 1 sense
- aquilegia(n = noun.plant) aquilege, columbine - a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains; Array is a kind of flower
is a member of genus aquilegia
has particulars: aquilegia canadensis, honeysuckle, meeting house, aquilegia caerulea, aquilegia scopulorum calcarea, blue columbine, aquilegia vulgaris, granny's bonnets
CIDE DICTIONARY
aquilegia, n.
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aquilegia, n. any (often blue-flowered) plant of the genus Aquilegia. Also called COLUMBINE.
Etymology
mod. use of a med.L word: orig. unkn.
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