stavesacre

[steyvz-ey-ker]

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noun

a larkspur, Delphinium staphisagria, of Europe and Asia Minor, having violently emetic and cathartic poisonous seeds.
the seeds themselves.

stavesacre

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noun

a Eurasian ranunculaceous plant, Delphinium staphisagria , having purple flowers and poisonous seeds
the seeds of this plant, which have strong emetic and cathartic properties

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stavesacre¹

1350–1400; Middle English staphisagre < Latin staphis agria < Greek staphìs agría literally, wild raisin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stavesacre¹

C14 staphisagre , from Latin staphis agria , from Greek, from staphis raisin + agria wild

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Stavesacre, stāvz′ā-kėr, n. a tall larkspur whose seeds yield delphinin for destroying lice.

From

Delphinium, del-fin′i-um, n. a genus of Ranunculace� comprising the larkspurs and stavesacre.

From

L. D.— Stavesacre was employed by the ancients as a cathartic, but it operates with so much violence both upwards and downwards, that its internal use has been, among the generality of practitioners, for some time laid aside.

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staves Stavropol

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