Aquilegia vulgaris

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Aquilegia vulgaris
    n 1: common European columbine having variously colored (white
         or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers;
         naturalized in United States [syn: {granny's bonnets},
         {Aquilegia vulgaris}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Columbine \Col"um*bine\, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus
   dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called
   from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
   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.
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   2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
      --Brewer.
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