stavesacre
noun
staves·acre
ˈstāv-ˌzā-kər
1
: a Eurasian plant of the genus Delphinium (D. staphisagria) having purple flowers
2
: the ripe seeds of the stavesacre that contain delphinine, are violently emetic and carthartic, and have been used to kill head lice
called also staphisagria
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