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Stavesacre

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\Staves"a`cre\, n. [Corrupted from NL. staphis agria, Gr. ? dried grape + ? wild.] (Bot.) A kind of larkspur ({Delphinium Staphysagria}), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

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