DELPHINIUM Definition & Meaning

delphinium

[ del-fin-ee-uhm ]

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noun

plural delphiniums, delphinia

any of numerous plants of the genus Delphinium, especially any of various tall, cultivated species having usually blue, pink, or white flowers.

delphinium

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noun

any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Delphinium: many varieties are cultivated as garden plants for their spikes of blue, pink, or white spurred flowers See also larkspur

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of delphinium¹

1655–65; < New Latin < Greek ��ī́�Ծ��ǲ� larkspur, derivative of ��ī́�� (stem ��ī��- ) dolphin; so called from the shape of the nectary

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of delphinium¹

C17: New Latin, from Greek delphinion larkspur, from delphis dolphin , referring to the shape of the nectary

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It’s not uncommon for cabbage, kale and blueberries to dot flower beds filled with peonies, delphiniums, roselilies and beyond.

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“I see your eyes in the delphinium, too,” she sings, as beauty blooms all around her.

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Only the gardener knows the cutworms are winning, or that those billowing cosmos fill in the bare space where the delphinium died.

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Tables will be festooned with pink roses, Australian eucalyptus, dahlias and delphiniums.

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And bigger doesn’t have to mean awkward or unsightly; many “graceful” garden favorites such as delphiniums, fennel, gaura and agastache are famed for their tall stature, he added.

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