Delphinium Definition

dĕl-fĭnē-əm
delphiniums
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.
Webster's New World

A shade of blue, named for the flowers.

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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae — a few hundred species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering plants, including popular garden plants, such as delphinium.

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Noun

Singular:
delphinium
Plural:
delphiniums

Origin of Delphinium

  • New Latin Delphinium genus name from Greek delphinion larkspur probably diminutive of delphīs delphīn- dolphin (from the shape of the nectary)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphis, “dolphin”) because of their flower shape, thought to resemble a back of a dolphin. Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

    From Wiktionary

Delphinium Sentence Examples

  • Is ideal filled with real delphinium petal confetti (item 143 - as shown) or for your bridesmaids to hand out favors.

  • They come out even better between other brightly colored plants like Delphinium, ornamental onions, iris stork 's bill or violet sage.

  • Larkspur (Delphinium) - Few plants contribute so much to the beauty of the garden as these fine plants of the Crowfoot order.

  • Nearly all the species of plants which grow on these prairies are common to Europe (paeonics, Hemerocallis, asters, pinks, gentians, violets, Cypripedium, Aquilegia, Delphinium, aconites, irises and so on), but here the plants attain a much greater size; a man standing erect is often hidden by the grasses.

  • The actual harbour, which was called Delphinium, was at the mouth of the Asopus, about a mile north of the city.

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