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Larkspur

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in Canada:; A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.
  2. 2
    A place in Canada:; A summer village in Westlock County, Alberta.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A city in Marin County, California.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, named for the presence of larkspur.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Virginia Beach, Virginia, named for the larkspur.
Noun
  1. 1
    A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium wordnet

Etymology

From lark + spur, so named for the spur's shape, which resembles the hind toe of a lark.

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