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ROCKET LARKSPUR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
Synonyms:
Consolida ambigua; Delphinium ajacis; rocket larkspur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rocket larkspur" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("rocket larkspur" is a member of...):
Consolida; genus Consolida (plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium)