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stavesacre /ˈsteɪvˌzeɪkə /nounA southern European larkspur whose seeds were formerly used as an insecticide.- Delphinium staphisagria, family Ranunculaceae.
Delphinium Staphisagria L., or stavesacre, is a handsome, annual or biennial plant, one or two feet high, with a simple, erect, downy stem, and palmate, five- or seven-lobed leaves, supported on hairy petioles. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek staphis agria 'wild raisin'. |