stavesacre

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noun

A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).

Similar
lice-bane
OriginLatin staphisagria ← Ancient Greek σταφίς →
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Meanings

nounstavesacre (usually uncountable, plural stavesacres)

plural stavesacres

  1. uncountableusuallyA highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).

    Synonyms: lice-bane

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).

Similar
lice-bane

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσταφίς“grape”
  2. Latinstaphisagria
  3. Englishstavesacre

Late Middle English, from Latin staphisagria, from Ancient Greek σταφίς (staphís, “grape”) (from σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”)) + ἀγρία (agría, “wild”) (literally "living in the fields," from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”)).

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Translations

Ancient Greek σταφίς ἀγριᾱ, φθειροκτόνον
  • σταφίς ἀγριᾱ (staphís agriā)perennial plant
  • φθειροκτόνον (phtheiroktónon)perennial plant
Arabic عَائِق جَبَلِيّ, زَبِيب الْجَبَل
  • عَائِق جَبَلِيّ (ʕāʔiq jabaliyy)perennial plant
  • زَبِيب الْجَبَل (zabīb al-jabal)perennial plant
  • زَبِيب بَرِّيّ (zabīb barriyy)perennial plant
  • حَبّ الرَأْس (ḥabb ar-raʔs)perennial plant
Catalan estafisàgria
  • estafisàgriaperennial plant
Finnish karvasritarinkannus
  • karvasritarinkannusperennial plant
French staphisaigre, dauphinelle staphisaigre
  • staphisaigreperennial plant
  • dauphinelle staphisaigreperennial plant
  • herbe aux pouxperennial plant
German Stephanskraut
  • Stephanskrautperennial plant
Hungarian csípős sarkantyúfű
  • csípős sarkantyúfűperennial plant
Italian stafisagria
  • stafisagriaperennial plant
Portuguese estafiságria, erva-piolha
  • estafiságriaperennial plant
  • erva-piolhaperennial plant
  • delfimperennial plant
Russian жи́вокость апте́чная
  • жи́вокость апте́чная (žívokostʹ aptéčnaja)perennial plant
Spanish abarraz, estafisagria
  • abarrazperennial plant
  • estafisagriaperennial plant
  • matapiojosperennial plant
Swedish giftriddarsporre
  • giftriddarsporreperennial plant
Turkish bit otu
  • bit otuperennial plant
Cite this entry
APA

stavesacre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stavesacre

MLA

“stavesacre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stavesacre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stavesacre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stavesacre.

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