aquilegia

American  

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

noun

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

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aquilegia British  

/ ˌækwɪˈliːdʒɪə /

noun

1. another name for columbine 1

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Etymology

Origin of aquilegia

1570–80; < New Latin, Medieval Latin, variant of aquilēia columbine

Example Sentences

For decades, she was a perennial winner in the Garden Club of Lincoln and Cornhusker Rose Society shows, collecting first-place ribbons for her long-spurred aquilegia, French-double lilacs, medium-red roses, flowering trees.

From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2020

The varieties of aquilegia have in reality a greyish and uncertain tone of colour, and never attain the purity of blue with which Titian has gifted his flower.

From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

The name columbine comes from the flower’s obvious resemblance to a group of doves, and its Latin name aquilegia, meaning a collection of eagles, is a nobler form of the same idea.

From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The varieties of aquilegia have, in reality, a grayish and uncertain tone of color; and, I believe, never attain the intense purity of blue with which Titian has gifted his flower.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

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

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles