stavesacre

stavesacre
staves·acre 'stāv-.zā-kər n
1) a Eurasian plant of the genus Delphinium (D. staphisagria) having purple flowers
2) the ripe seeds of the stavesacre that contain delphinine, are violently emetic and carthartic, and have been used to kill head lice called also staphisagria

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staves·acre (stāvz-aґkər) 1. Delphinium staphisagria. 2. staphisagria.

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