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Definition of Aquilegia
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Aquilegia
Specialized synonyms: Aquilegia Canadensis, Honeysuckle, Meeting House, Aquilegia Caerulea, Aquilegia Scopulorum Calcarea, Blue Columbine, Aquilegia Vulgaris, Granny's Bonnets
Definition of Aquilegia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aquilegia
Literary usage of Aquilegia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1837)
"aquilegia glandulosa. Fish. ined. Link. enum. 2. p. 84. De Cand. Prod. vol. ...
The genus aquilegia, according to Professor Ledebour, in the Flora Altaica, ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"TWO SPECIES OF aquilegia FROM THE UPPER SONORAN ZONE OF COLORADO AND UTAH. ...
aquilegia MICRANTHA n. sp. Perennial; lower part of stem and leaves unknown; ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"I.—Considerations respecting Spur-shaped Nectaries, and those of the aquilegia
vulgaris in particular. By M. Cm, MOR- REN, ... The name aquilegia ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"E. Genus aquilegia aquilegia (Latin, águila, an eagle). ... aquilegia
VULGARIS (common). The Common Columbine. 2 to 3 feet. ..."
5. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"aquilegia. Columbine. aquilegia, from aquila, an eagle. The inverted spurs of
the flower have been likened to the talons of a bird of prey. ..."
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