English: from ItalianColombitia, a diminutive of Colombo ‘dove’. In the tradition of the commedia dell'arte this is the name of Harlequin's sweetheart. The modern name, however, was probably coined independently as one of the class of names taken in the igth century from flowers. The columbine gets its name from the fact that its petals are supposed to resemble five doves clustered together.
I сущ. (Columbine) коломбина II 1. сущ.; мн. columbine, columbines; бот.; от лат. columbina, букв. голубиная водосбор, аквилегия (лат. Aquilegia; травянистое растение из семейства лютиковых; получило название по сходству цветка с летящим голубем) Syn: aquilegia 2. прил. голубиный - columbine simplicity