Columbinæ (kolumbine)

pl. [NL., Com forth now with thin eyen columbine . Chaucer , Merchant's Tale, 1. 897. For it is not po ible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 21. 2. Of a dove-color; resembling the neck of a dove in color. II. n . One of the Columbæ or Columbida . columbine2 (kol'um-bin), n. [ columbine = F. colombine , columbina , columbine, prop. fem. of L. columbinus , dove-like: see col umbine1. Cf. the equiv. name culver wort . culver wort.] The popular name of plants of the genus Aqui legia (which see). The common European columbine, A. vulgar is, is a favorite garden-flower, and owes its name to the fancied resemblance of IMG:content-0833.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0834.jpg:[graphic] Flower of Colum its petals and sepals to the heads of pigeons round a dish, a favorite de bine ( Aquilegia vulcolumbine, a book-name for Thalic trum a qui leg i folium, an old-fashioned garden-plant. columbite (kō-lum'bit), n. [ ancient artists. - Feathered garis).