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common columbine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
com-mon -columbine
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Aquilegia vulgaris, native to most of Europe, excepting Scandinavia.

Etymology

From the Latin adjective columbīna "of [a] pigeon[s], dove[s]" (which was used as a modifier, qualifier (i.e. pigeon-like, pigeonish, dove-like, dovish) before the noun herba "plant"), which comes from the noun columba "pigeon, dove". The adjective columbina was later nominalized, with the noun herba "plant" understood. (columbine/dove [plant] < columbina [herba]).

Inflected Forms

common columbines (plural)

Phrases

Alpine columbine dark columbine

Frequently Paired Words

Alpine columbine dark columbine columbarium columbula columbulus columbus

Synonyms

aquilegia capon's-feather capon's feather capon's-tail capon's tail clematis-flowered columbine European columbine European crowfoot crowsfoot dove plant granny's bonnet granny's nightcap

Questions

What does common columbine mean?
Aquilegia vulgaris, native to most of Europe, excepting Scandinavia.
Where does common columbine come from?
From the Latin adjective columbīna "of [a] pigeon[s], dove[s]" (which was used as a modifier, qualifier (i.e. pigeon-like, pigeonish, dove-like, dovish) before the noun herba "plant"), which comes from the noun columba "pigeon, dove". The adjective columbina was later nominalized, with the noun herba "plant" understood. (columbine/dove [plant] < columbina [herba]).

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