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staves·acre (stāvz′ā′kər)

noun

  1. a tall, purple-flowered delphinium (Delphinium staphisagria) of Europe and Asia, with poisonous seeds having strongly emetic and cathartic properties
  2. its seeds

Etymology: ME staphisagre < ML staphisagria < Gr staphis, raisin + agrios, wild; akin to agros: see acre

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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