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columbine

Any of a group of plants belonging to the buttercup family. All are perennial herbs with divided leaves and hanging flower heads with spurred petals. (Genus Aquilegia, family Ranunculaceae.)

The wild columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), with blue flowers, has been developed by repeated crossing to produce modern garden species (A. x hybrida), with larger flowers and a wider range of colours. The eastern columbine (A. canadensis), with red flowers, is native to eastern North America.

Columbine

Character in the harlequinade, the lover of Harlequin.

Columbine

Community in Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties, north-central Colorado, USA; population (1990) 24,000. It is a rapidly growing eastern suburb of Denver.

Columbine High School was the scene of a serious shooting incident on 20 April 1999, when 12 pupils and one teacher were murdered by pupils Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold who then committed suicide.



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There's some big clumps o' columbine in th' garden.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
Columbine and Ladysmock, Marjoram and Wild Basil, the Cowslip and the Flower-de-luce, the Daffodil and the Clove-Pink bloomed or blossomed in their proper order as the months went by, one flower taking another flower's place, so that there were always beautiful things to look at, and pleasant odours to smell.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context
As to Harlequin and Columbine, I discovered immediately that they lodged (they are always looking after lodgings in a pantomime) at a very small clockmaker's one story high, near the hotel; which, in addition to various symbols and devices, almost covering the whole front, had a great dial hanging out - to be jumped through, of course.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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