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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

Etymology

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

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