columbine

columbine

any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
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Columbine

light-hearted, flirtatious girl. [Ital. Lit.: Walsh Classical, 83]
See: Flirtatiousness

columbine

traditional symbol of folly. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 173]
See: Folly
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