Co-lăm'bīne1, n.
n. (Chem.) A crystalline, bitter substance obtained from columbo. Gregory.
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Columbine
Cŏl'um-bīne2, a.
a. [Lat. columbinus, from columba, dove.] Like, or pertaining to, a pigeon or dove; of a dove color, or like the neck of a dove.
Cŏl'am-bīne3, n.
n. [N. Lat. aquilegia columbina, from columbinus, dove-like, from columba, dove;—so called from the beak-like spurs of its flowers.]
- (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia: as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild columbine of North America. Loudon.
- The name of the mistress of Harlequin in pantomimes. Dickens.