Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See delphinium.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any plant of the genus Delphinium: so called from the spur-shaped formation of calyx and petals. The common or field larkspur is D. Consolida; the rocket-larkspur, D. Ajacis; the bee-larkspur, D. elatum. Sometimes also called
lark's-heel and lark's-claw.
Wiktionary
- n. Any plant of the genus Delphinium or Consolida
- n. In particular, a tall robust flowering plant with many purplish-blue flowers, Delphinium glaucum.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is Delphinium Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (Delphinium elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium
Examples
“The larkspur was the best ever this year, planted in the veggie garden at the same time as the sugar snap peas.”
“The larkspur is a hardy plant, and there are both annuals and perennials in this family.”
“The more attractive and pretty of the British weeds -- as the common daisy, of which the poets have made so much, the larkspur, which is”
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“The spur, on the other hand, reminded some people of parts of the lark; hence "larkspur," "lark's heel," and "lark's claw.”
“I pictured her radiant smile and envisioned her crouched in the garden wearing a gauzy white dress, violet larkspur all around.”
“Purple poppies and larkspur bloom, and Judy wonders aloud if her second crop of lettuce will make it before frost.”
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“It was an English garden in miniature, with potted orange trees, climbing roses, pink cabbage roses, larkspur, sweet-william, white lilac, and an ivied trellis railing running along the perimeter.”
“The asparagus patch at Green Spring has failed to rejuvenate, becoming instead a bed of lovely but inedible self-seeded larkspur.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘larkspur’.
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Flora
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color (blue)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and ...
Words that, as I see it, have some fond connection to the Alice stories through their creation or particular use by Lewis Carroll. I mean to tie them all together with contexty comments!
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Lively Words
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My Little Ponies 3
A list of My Little Pony names from the G3 collection. 2003-present
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theastic's Words
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (L)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
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Henderson the Rain King
Words taken from Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow.
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
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persnickety parlance
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Flowers That I Would Enjoy Receiving.
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verdure
word garden
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