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LARKSPUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does larkspur mean? 

LARKSPUR (noun)
  The noun LARKSPUR has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphiniumplay

  Familiarity information: LARKSPUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LARKSPUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("larkspur" is a kind of...):

delphinium (any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances)


 Context examples 


Beth had old-fashioned fragrant flowers in her garden, sweet peas and mignonette, larkspur, pinks, pansies, and southernwood, with chickweed for the birds and catnip for the pussies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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