Delphinium

See also: delphinium

Translingual

Delphinium ceratophorum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δελφῐ́νῐον (delphínion, “larkspur”) because of their flower shape, thought to resemble a back of a dolphin. Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

Delphinium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – larkspurs; a few hundred species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering plants, including popular garden plants, such as delphinium.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Delphinieae - tribe

Derived terms

(genus): Delphinium peregrinum (violet larkspur) - type species; Delphinium ajacis (rocket larkspur) - selected other species

Descendants

→ English: delphinium
→ Esperanto: delfinio
→ French: delphinium, → dauphinelle (calque)
→ Italian: delfinio
→ Russian: дельфи́ниум (delʹfínium)

References

Delphinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Delphinium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Delphinium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

[1] Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.

[2] Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

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