Definitions for Aquilegia

Aquilegia aq·ui·le·gi·a

Spelling: [ak-wuh-lee-jee-uh, ey-kwuh-]
IPA: /ˌæk wəˈli dʒi ə, ˌeɪ kwə-/

Aquilegia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in Aquilegia (aaegiilqu).

Definitions for Aquilegia

noun

  1. any plant belonging to the genus Aquilegia, of the buttercup family, comprising the columbines.

Origin of Aquilegia

1570-80; New Latin, Medieval Latin, variant of aquilēia columbine

Examples for Aquilegia

The caterpillar feeds on the columbine (aquilegia canadensis).

The old-fashioned Columbine is in full bloom, as is also the aquilegia glandulosa.

aquilegia canadensis produces scarlet flowers, which are yellow inside and rarely all over.

In the stellate columbines (aquilegia) of gardens the tubular petals are replaced by flat ones often in increased numbers.

With fields of iris were aquilegia coerulea, violets, esparcette, and strawberries.

So also in some semi-double varieties of Narcissus poeticus, and in aquilegia.

The Columbine (aquilegia) is a desirable plant for the border.

In aquilegia I have met with a similar increase in the whorls of carpels.

Now, let me see—aquilegia, Dianthus barbatus, Dicentra spectabilis—gracious!

aquilegia, or Columbine, all colours; one to two and one-half feet; tenth of May to first week in June.

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