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Webster 1913 Edition
Stavesacre
Staves′aˊcre
(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.