DELPHINIUM (delphinia)
Dictionary entry overview: What does delphinium mean? • DELPHINIUM (noun)
The noun DELPHINIUM has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
Familiarity information: DELPHINIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DELPHINIUM (noun)
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("delphinium" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delphinium"):
larkspur (any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium)
Holonyms ("delphinium" is a member of...):
genus Delphinium (large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous)
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