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delphinium
(del fin′ē əm)
noun
any of a genus (Delphinium) of plants of the buttercup family, bearing spikes of spurred, irregular flowers, usually blue, on tall stalks: several species are poisonous
Origin: ModL < Gr delphinion, larkspur < Gr delphis, delphin, dolphin: from some resemblance of the nectary to a dolphin
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noun
A plant of the genus Delphinium, especially any of several tall cultivated varieties having palmate leaves and long racemes of showy, variously colored spurred flowers. Also called larkspur.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin Delphinium, genus name
Origin: , from Greek delphinion, larkspur
Origin: , probably diminutive of delphīs, delphīn-, dolphin (from the shape of the nectary)
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