Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Columbine \Col"um*bine\, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
   Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
   ``Columbine innocency.'' --Bacon.

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, {A. vulgaris}, or the common garden
      columbine; {A. Canadensis}, the wild red columbine of
      North America.

   2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
      --Brewer.

Source : WordNet®

columbine
     n : a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy
         spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially
         mountains [syn: {aquilegia}, {aquilege}]