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lark⋅spur

  [lahrk-spur]
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–noun
any of several plants belonging to the genera Delphinium and Consolida, of the buttercup family, characterized by the spur-shaped formation of the calyx and petals.
Origin:
1570–80; lark 1 + spur

Lark⋅spur

  [lahrk-spur]
–noun
a town in W California. 11,064.
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del·phin·i·um   (děl-fĭn'ē-əm)   
n.  A plant of the genus Delphinium, especially any of several tall cultivated varieties having palmate leaves and long racemes of showy, variously colored spurred flowers. Also called larkspur.

[New Latin Delphinium, genus name, from Greek delphinion, larkspur, probably diminutive of delphīs, delphīn-, dolphin (from the shape of the nectary).]
lark·spur   (lärk'spûr')   
n.  See delphinium.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lark·spur
Pronunciation: 'lärk-"sp&r
Function: noun
1 : DELPHINIUM 2
2 : the dried ripe seeds of a European plant of the genus Delphinium (D. ajacis) from which an acetic tincture is sometimes preparedfor use against ectoparasites (as lice)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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