noun
- flowering plants with distinctive spurred petals, typically blue, purple, pink, or white
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The columbines in her garden bloomed beautifully in late spring.
- Wild columbines grew along the mountain trail.
- She planted purple and white columbines near the fence.
- The delicate columbines attracted hummingbirds to the yard.
- Colorado’s state flower is the Rocky Mountain columbine.
- The gardener collected seeds from the columbines in autumn.