Aquilegia

aquilegia aquilégia Translingual thumb|Aquilegia vulgaris species, European columbine|upright=1.15 Etymology From mul la-med aquilegia, of mul 1 origin; it is not known what the Romans called it. Maybe called by the la aquila eagle like in en columbine and it colombina it is called by the la columba pigeon, and la chelīdonia celandine from grc χελῑδών swallow has also long been employed to designate this plant, also called in es pajarilla little bird. Other suggested resemblances include mul la aculeus spike and la aquilegus, la aquilex collecting water because of the corolla of the plant being shaped like a water-container; however for the time before illustrated herbals have been printed it is not even certain that the term always referred to this plant. On top, the aqui- shape is suspected to be secondarily connected to these words and the Roman city Aquileia, regard also the forms in de Akelei q. v., gml akeleye, gml akleye (whence da akeleje, no akeleie, sv akleja), dum akelei, dum akolei, nl akelei, and fr ancolie (the other roa - forms are learned), wherefore Genaust instead connects mul grc ἀγλαΐα splendor, beauty or alternatively grc ἀγκύλος hooked, crooked or derivatives of it like grc ἀγκυλοχείλης having a hooked beak. Proper noun 1 f genus family Ranunculaceae columbines Hypernyms genus ; Isopyroideae subfamily - subfamily; Isopyreae tribe - tribe; Isopyrineae subtribe - subtribe Hyponyms genus Aquilegia sect. Aquilegia section, Aquilegia sect. Darwasianae section, Aquilegia sect. Glandulosae section, Aquilegia sect. Lactiflorae section, Aquilegia sect. Parviflorae section, Aquilegia sect. Viridiflorae section - sections Aquilegia vulgaris species (common columbine) - type species; Aquilegia brevistyla species (small-flower columbine), Aquilegia canadensis species (eastern red columbine), Aquilegia chrysantha species (golden columbine), Aquilegia coerulea species (Colorado blue columbine, syn. Aquilegia caerulea species), Aquilegia eximia species (serpentine columbine), Aquilegia flabellata species (dwarf columbine), Aquilegia formosa species (western columbine), Aquilegia fragrans species (sweet-scented columbine), Aquilegia nigricans species (Bulgarian columbine), Aquilegia saximontana species (Rocky Mountain columbine) - selected other species; for other species see 1 Derived terms Paraquilegia genus Semiaquilegia genus References 1 1 1 AQUIL 18728 3 71 mul Buttercup family plants