stavesacre
noun
- a tall, purple-flowered delphinium (Delphinium staphisagria) of Europe and Asia, with poisonous seeds having strongly emetic and cathartic properties
- its seeds
See stavesacre in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(stāvzˈāˌkər)
noun- A larkspur, Delphinium staphisagria, of southern Europe, with greenish-white flowers.
- The poisonous seeds of this plant, formerly used medicinally as an emetic, a cathartic, and an external parasiticide.
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