Delphinium

/[dɛɫˈfɪnɪəm]/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers; a larkspur. countable

    "The engagement photos were set in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like something straight out of an enchanted garden."

  2. 2
    any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances wordnet
  3. 3
    A shade of blue, named for the flowers. countable, uncountable

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flowerlarkspur

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"The engagement photos were set in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like something straight out of an enchanted garden."

Etymology

From the genus name (translingual Delphinium), from Ancient Greek δελφῐ́νῐον (delphĭ́nĭon, “larkspur”).

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