aquilegia

aq·ui·le·gi·a

A0391600 (ăk′wə-lē′jē-ə, -lē′jə)n. See columbine.

[Medieval Latin aquilēgia.]

aquilegia

(ˌækwɪˈliːdʒɪə) n (Plants) another name for columbine¹[C19: from Medieval Latin, of uncertain origin]

aq•ui•le•gi•a

(ˌæk wəˈli dʒi ə, ˌeɪ kwə-)

n., pl. -gi•as. any plant belonging to the genus Aquilegia, of the buttercup family, comprising the columbines. [1570–80; < New Latin, Medieval Latin, variant of aquilēia columbine]

Thesaurus

Noun

aquilegia - a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountainsaquilege, columbineflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Aquilegia - columbineAquilegia canadensis, meeting house, honeysuckle - columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowersAquilegia caerulea, Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea, blue columbine - columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowersAquilegia vulgaris, granny's bonnets - common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States

Translations

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Aquilegia

Aquilegia:

see columbinecolumbine
, any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers. Columbines have delicate and attractive foliage and flower petals with long spurs that secrete nectar.
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Aquilegia

a genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the family Ranunculaceae. The flowers have five large brightly colored sepals and five funnel-shaped petals extended forward into a spur. The petals are blue, violet, or sometimes red, pink, or white. The fruit is an aggregate follicle. There are about 75 known species in the temperate zone of Europe, Asia, and America. The plants of the genus Aquilegia grow on forest edges, along river valleys, and in mountains. In the USSR there are about 20 species. Some species of Aquilegia have long been grown in gardens and have yielded many valuable forms and interspecific hybrids; long-spur hybrids are especially valued. A widely distributed species is the columbine (A. vulgaris), of which there are varieties with simple and double flowers. The species A. glandulosa is valued as an ornament for its attractive large light-blue flowers with white centers.

REFERENCES

Mnogoletnie tsvety otkrytogo grunta. Moscow, 1959.

aquilegia

Related to aquilegia: Aquilegia caerulea

noun

Synonyms for aquilegia

noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers

Synonyms

aquilege
columbine

Related Words

flower
genus Aquilegia
Aquilegia canadensis
meeting house
honeysuckle
Aquilegia caerulea
Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea
blue columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
granny's bonnets