>>3793152Columbine is a place name in Colorado (Columbine, CO) which was also the location of the Columbine HS massacre. It is also the name of a type of flower that grows in the 8 mountain states (including AZ and NM) and is the state flower of CO. It comes from the word Columbia (which came from the name Columbus, and refers to all of the Americas when it was the New World, the US still uses this term in this context to refer to the whole of the American continents), which comes from the Latin word "Columba" meaning "Dove" or "Dove-like". Other examples are British Columbia, Canada and the country of Columbia in SA. Sorry for the long explanation.
