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aquilegia
CIDE DICTIONARY
aquilegia, n.
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aquilegia, n. any (often blue-flowered) plant of the genus Aquilegia. Also called COLUMBINE.
Etymology
mod. use of a med.L word: orig. unkn.
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