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larkspur Bot.|ˈlɑːkspɜː(r)|
[f. lark n.2 + spur.]
a. Any plant of the genus Delphinium; so called from the spur-shaped calyx. The common larkspur is D. Consolida.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. xv. 165 The garden Larkes Spurre floureth all the Somer long. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccccxxvi. 922 The garden Larkes spur hath a rounde stem full of branches. Ibid. 923 The wilde Larkes spur hath most fine iagged leaues. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. Feb. (1679) 11 Sow also Lark-spurs, &c. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) I. 89 In the Ground between these Hills and Cambridge grows naturally abundance of Larkspur. 1856Miss Mulock F. Halifax xxi, Sweet-Williams and white-Nancies, and larkspur and London-pride. 1882Garden 11 Feb. 91/2 Larkspurs are exceedingly showy annuals.
b. The blue colour characteristic of the larkspur.
1927Sunday Express 27 Feb., Newest Season's colours including..Grey, Cocoa, Larkspur, Fawn. 1927Daily Express 12 Mar. 3/5 Larkspur, a pastel blue slightly inclining to the mauve. |