columbinenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒl.əm.baɪn/us/ˈkɑː.ləm.baɪn/a plant that has brightly coloured flowers with five pointed petals that hang down
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Flowers & flowering plants
- anemone
- antirrhinum
- aster
- aubretia
- begonia
- catkin
- dogwood
- evening primrose
- forget-me-not
- forsythia
- foxglove
- narcissus
- nasturtium
- oleander
- orchid
- pansy
- posy
- wild flower
- wisteria
- woodbine
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Examples from literature
- Here I found my first columbine, the beautiful flower that is the emblem of Colorado.
- The columbine stands tall and still on those green slopes of shadowy grass.
- The most exquisite and finest of these columbines hid in the shaded nooks, star-sweet in the silent gloom of the woods.
- There's some big clumps o' columbine in th' garden.
- Without speaking she had run ahead to pick the white and blue columbines and pink roses.