Stavesacre
Late Middle English, from Latin staphisagria, from Ancient Greek σταφίς (staphís, “grape”) (from σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”)) + ἀγρία (agría, “wild”) (literally "living in the fields," from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”)).
stavesacre (usually uncountable, plural stavesacres)
- A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).
- Synonym: lice-bane
- Hypernym: larkspur
perennial plant
- Arabic: عَائِق جَبَلِيّ m (ʕāʔiq jabaliyy), زَبِيب الْجَبَل m (zabīb al-jabal), زَبِيب بَرِّيّ m (zabīb barriyy), حَبّ الرَأْس m (ḥabb ar-raʔs)
- Catalan: estafisàgria f
- Finnish: karvasritarinkannus
- French: staphisaigre (fr) f, dauphinelle staphisaigre f, herbe aux poux (fr) f
- German: Stephanskraut n
- Greek: please add this translation if you can
- Ancient: σταφίς ἀγριᾱ f (staphís agriā), φθειροκτόνον n (phtheiroktónon)
- Hungarian: csípős sarkantyúfű (hu)
- Italian: stafisagria f
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: estafiságria (pt) f, erva-piolha f, delfim (pt) m
- Russian: жи́вокость апте́чная f (žívokostʹ aptéčnaja)
- Spanish: abarraz (es) m, estafisagria (es) f, matapiojos (es) m
- Swedish: giftriddarsporre
- Turkish: bit otu (tr)
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