Stavesacre

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stavesacre \Staves"a`cre\ (st[=a]vz"[=a]`k[~e]r), n. [Corrupted
     from NL. staphis agria, Gr. stafi`s dried grape + 'a`grios
     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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