delphinium, from the dolphin;
Original French: Delphinium, au Daulphin:
Modern French: Delphinium, au Daulphin:
Among the plants named by similitude.
Notes
Delphinium
Dioscor. iii. 84.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
William Francis Smith [1842–1919], translator
London, 1893
delphinium
Δελφίνιον (Dioscoride, III, 84) de δελφιζ, dauphin, allusion à la forme du sépal supérieur. Delphinium Ajacis, L., du Midi, or D. consolida, L., vulg. pied d’alouette?
Oeuvres. Tome Cinquieme: Tiers Livre
p. 355
Abel Lefranc [1863-1952], editor
Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1931
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delphinium
delphinium
University of California, Irvine
delphinium
delphinium. [Latin Delphinium, adopted from Greek delfinion larkspur (Dioscorides), diminutive of delfin dolphin (so named from the form of the nectary).]
A genus of plants, N.O. Ranunculaceæ, with handsome flowers of irregular form, comprising the common larkspur and many other species. The name is in ordinary horticultural use for the cultivated species and varieties.
1664 John Evelyn Kalendarium hortense (1729) 200 Sow divers Annuals… as double marigold, Digitalis, Delphinium.