larkspur

English

Etymology

lark +‎ spur, so named for the spur's shape, which resembles the hind toe of a lark.

Noun

larkspur (countable and uncountable, plural larkspurs)

1. Any plant of the genus Delphinium or
2. In particular, a tall robust flowering plant with many purplish-blue flowers, .

Derived terms

• bee larkspur

Translations

Delphinium

• Arabic: عَائِق m (ʕāʔiq)
• Bulgarian: ра̀лица f (ràlica)
• Czech: stračka f
• Danish: ridderspore c
• Dutch: ridderspoor (nl)
• Finnish: ritarinkannus (fi)
• French: pied d’alouette m, dauphinelle (fr) f
• German: Rittersporn m
• Greek:

  Ancient: δελφίνιον n (delphínion)

• Ido: delfinelo (io)
• Italian: speronella (it) f, delfinio m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ridderspore m

• Polish: ostróżka (pl) f
• Romanian: nemțișor (ro) m
• Russian: жи́вокость (ru) f (žívokostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коко̀тић m

  Latin: kokòtić (sh) m

• Spanish: espuela de caballero f