delphinium | (n) any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
genus delphinium | (n) large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous |
rocket larkspur | (n) commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium, Syn. Delphinium ajacis, Consolida ambigua |