aquilegia

[ ak-wuh-lee-jee-uh, ey-kwuh- ]

noun

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

aquilegia

/ ˌækwɪˈliːdʒɪə /

noun

1. another name for columbine 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of aquilegia¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aquilegia¹

C19: from Medieval Latin, of uncertain origin

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

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

"It has a bird's name, too," added Dorothy as if there had been no silence; "aquilegia—the eagle flower."

From Project Gutenberg