aquilegia

[ ak-wuh-lee-jee-uh, ey-kwuh- ]

/ ˌæk wəˈli dʒi ə, ˌeɪ kwə- /

any plant belonging to the genus Aquilegia, of the buttercup family, comprising the columbines.

Origin of aquilegia

1570–80; < New Latin, Medieval Latin, variant of aquilēia columbine

The old-fashioned Columbine is in full bloom, as is also the Aquilegia glandulosa.

A Year in a Lancashire Garden |Henry Arthur Bright
So also in some semi-double varieties of Narcissus poeticus, and in Aquilegia.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters
With fields of iris were aquilegia coerulea, violets, esparcette, and strawberries.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California |Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
The caterpillar feeds on the columbine (Aquilegia canadensis).

The Butterfly Book |William Jacob Holland

Aquilegia canadensis produces scarlet flowers, which are yellow inside and rarely all over.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 |Various

aquilegia

/ (ˌækwɪˈliːdʒɪə) /

another name for columbine 1

C19: from Medieval Latin, of uncertain origin