Medical Dictionary
stavesacre
noun staves·acre \ˈstāv-ˌzā-kər\
Medical Definition of STAVESACRE
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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