stavesacre

English

Stavesacre

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Latin staphisagria, from Ancient Greek σταφίς (staphís, “grape”) (from σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”)) + ἀγρία (agría, “wild”) (literally "living in the fields," from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”)).

Noun

stavesacre (usually uncountable, plural stavesacres)

1. A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).

   Synonym: lice-bane

   Hypernym: larkspur

Translations

perennial plant

• Arabic: عَائِق جَبَلِيّ m (ʕāʔiq jabaliyy), زَبِيب الْجَبَل m (zabīb al-jabal), زَبِيب بَرِّيّ m (zabīb barriyy), حَبّ الرَأْس m (ḥabb ar-raʔs)
• Catalan: estafisàgria f
• Finnish: karvasritarinkannus
• French: staphisaigre (fr) f, dauphinelle staphisaigre f, herbe aux poux (fr) f
• German: Stephanskraut n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can

  Ancient: σταφίς ἀγριᾱ f (staphís agriā), φθειροκτόνον n (phtheiroktónon)

• Hungarian: csípős sarkantyúfű (hu)
• Italian: stafisagria f
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: estafiságria (pt) f, erva-piolha f, delfim (pt) m
• Russian: жи́вокость апте́чная f (žívokostʹ aptéčnaja)
• Spanish: abarraz (es) m, estafisagria (es) f, matapiojos (es) m
• Swedish: giftriddarsporre
• Turkish: bit otu (tr)

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