noun.
Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Aquilegia in the buttercup family, native to northern temperate regions and cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers that have petals with long hollow spurs.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The popular name of plants of the genus Aquilegia (which see).
Pertaining to or having the characters of a pigeon or dove; in ornithology, belonging to the Columbæ or Columbinæ; columbaceous.
Of a dove-color; resembling the neck of a dove in color.
noun.
One of the Columbæ or Columbidæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia.
noun.
The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
adjective.
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.