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BLUE COLUMBINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue columbine mean? 

BLUE COLUMBINE (noun)
  The noun BLUE COLUMBINE has 1 sense:

1. columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE COLUMBINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE COLUMBINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aquilegia caerulea; Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea; blue columbine

Hypernyms ("blue columbine" is a kind of...):

aquilege; aquilegia; columbine (a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains)

Holonyms ("blue columbine" is a member of...):

genus Aquilegia (columbine)


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