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Webster 1913 Edition

(stāvz′āˊkẽr)

Noun.

[Corrupted from NL.

staphis agria

, Gr.

σταφίσ

dried grape +

ἄγριοσ

wild.]

(Bot.)

A kind of larkspur (

Delphinium Staphysagria

), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

Stavesacre

stavesacre ‎(usually uncountable, plural stavesacres)

perennial plant