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delphinium
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delphinium
(wn) | delphinium
n 1: any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided
leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred
flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
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Delphinium Ajacis
(gcide) | Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
(a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in
Europe as a salad.
(b) Damewort.
(c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
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Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).
Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
(Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the
seashore of Europe and America.
Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
flowers (Barbarea vulgaris).
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Delphinium Consolida
(gcide) | Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy
flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North
Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is
Delphinium Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur
(Delphinium elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow
hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
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Delphinium elatum
(gcide) | Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy
flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North
Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is
Delphinium Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur
(Delphinium elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow
hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
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Delphinium staphisagria
(gcide) | Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [From NL. Delphinium, the name of
the genus.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically,
relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).
[1913 Webster]Delphinine \Del"phi*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre
(Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
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Delphinium Staphysagria
(gcide) | Stavesacre \Staves"a`cre\ (st[=a]vz"[=a]`k[~e]r), n. [Corrupted
from NL. staphis agria, Gr. stafi`s dried grape + 'a`grios
wild.] (Bot.)
A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its
seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are
used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.
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delphinium ajacis
(wn) | Delphinium ajacis
n 1: commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having
unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish
or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
[syn: rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, {Delphinium
ajacis}] |
genus delphinium
(wn) | genus Delphinium
n 1: large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of
north temperate regions some poisonous |
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