Associations to the word «Columbine»

Wiktionary

COLUMBINE, noun. Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
COLUMBINE, adjective. (archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
COLUMBINE SYNDROME, noun. A syndrome of alienation and violence among school pupils.

Dictionary definition

COLUMBINE, noun. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats