delphinium
noun/delˈfɪniəm/
/delˈfɪniəm/
- a tall garden plant with blue or white flowers growing up its stemWord Originmodern Latin, from Greek delphinion ‘larkspur’, from delphin ‘dolphin’ (because of the shape of the spur, thought to resemble a dolphin's back).
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