Definitions for columbines

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columbines col·um·bine

Spelling: [kol-uh m-bahyn]

IPA: /ˈkɒl əmˌbaɪn/

Columbines is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 844 anagrams from letters in columbines (bceilmnosu).

Definitions for columbines

noun

1. a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado.
2. any of various other plants of the genus Aquilegia, characterized by divided leaves and showy flowers of various colors.
3. a female character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime: sweetheart of Harlequin.
4. a female given name.
5. a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado.
6. any of various other plants of the genus Aquilegia, characterized by divided leaves and showy flowers of various colors.
7. a female character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime: sweetheart of Harlequin.
8. a female given name.

adjective

1. of a dove.
2. dovelike; dove-colored.
3. of a dove.
4. dovelike; dove-colored.

Origin of columbines

1275-1325; Middle English Medieval Latin columbīna (herba) dovelike (plant), feminine of Latin columbīnus (see columbine²); the inverted flower looks

Examples for columbines

“Before columbine, juvenile crime had been coming down,” May said.

Gun massacres like Newtown and columbine can destroy communities, families, and schools.

In the eyes of the NRA, Rambo is as grave a threat to gun rights as The Fonz—or the director of Bowling for columbine.

There, still at his brooding, the returning columbine discovered him a half-hour later.

But school-based arrests in Pennsylvania alone went up by 300 percent since columbine.

Climene had been silent and thoughtful, pondering what columbine had called this romance of hers.

Hold on a minute, I'm going to shift my saddle to columbine.

In a kind of manifesto, the Virginia Tech killer had written about the two columbine killers.

Fennel, for instance, emblemised flattery, and columbine ingratitude.

columbine snapped like the shrew she masked: "You little sneak!"

In a kind of manifesto, the Virginia Tech killer had written about the two columbine killers.

columbine snapped like the shrew she masked: "You little sneak!"

In the eyes of the NRA, Rambo is as grave a threat to gun rights as The Fonz—or the director of Bowling for columbine.

Fennel, for instance, emblemised flattery, and columbine ingratitude.

Gun massacres like Newtown and columbine can destroy communities, families, and schools.

Hold on a minute, I'm going to shift my saddle to columbine.

Climene had been silent and thoughtful, pondering what columbine had called this romance of hers.

But school-based arrests in Pennsylvania alone went up by 300 percent since columbine.

There, still at his brooding, the returning columbine discovered him a half-hour later.

“Before columbine, juvenile crime had been coming down,” May said.