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noun
A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers; a larkspur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A shade of blue, named for the flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: larkspur
History
From the genus name (translingual Delphinium), from Ancient Greek δελφῐ́νῐον (delphĭ́nĭon, “larkspur”).
