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Definition of: delphinium
(del·fin′ē·əm) noun
Any of a genus (Delphinium) of perennial plants of the crowfoot family, having large, spurred flowers, usually blue; the larkspur. [<NL <Gk. delphinion larkspur, dim. of delphis dolphin; so called from the shape of the nectary]
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