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verb • To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid. • To fit with spurs. • To apply the spur to. • To incite; to goad. | ||||||||
| 24% | 9 | From the Latin for “dove”, the flower, “granny’s bonnet”, with petals reminiscent of a flock of five doves, whose original Latin name, Aquilegia, alludes to its hook-like spurs, thought to resemble an eagle’s talons | ||||||
noun • a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | ||||||||
| 24% | 14 | Some species have long spurs that contain nectar | ||||||
noun • genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque | ||||||||
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