columbine

Meanings

Plural: columbines

Noun

a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.

Adj

Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.

Origin / Etymology

From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.

Synonyms

aquilege, aquilegia

Scrabble Score: 15

columbine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 21

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