A tall garden plant with spikes of usually blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, often with a dark center.
From Greek delphinion, derived from delphin (dolphin), because the flower's shape supposedly resembles a dolphin. Named by ancient botanists who saw the bud's resemblance to the animal.
Ancient Greeks named delphinium after dolphins because the budding flower looks like a dolphin's nose—it's one of the most poetic plant names, showing how closely they observed nature.
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