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columbine
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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co·lum·bine
/ ˈkäləmˌbīn/
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an aquilegia with long-spurred flowers. • Genus Aquilegia, family Ranunculaceae: several species, including the white-flowered
Colorado blue columbine (A. coerulea) with blue sepals, and the red-flowered A. canadensis.
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Fairytale Columbines.(gardening hints)(Brief Article)
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