'Aquilegia Canadensis' definitions:
Definition of 'Aquilegia canadensis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers [syn: meeting house, honeysuckle, Aquilegia canadensis]
Definition of 'Aquilegia Canadensis'
From: GCIDE
- Columbine \Col"um*bine\, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
- 1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, Aquilegia vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; Aquilegia Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. --Brewer. [1913 Webster]