Stāves'-ā'cre, n.

n. [Corrupted from Gr. σταφίς, dried grape, and ἄγριος, ἄγρια, wild.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Delphinium (D. staphisagria), the seeds of which are narcotic, acrid, and stimulating, and are used for destroying vermin, for curing the itch, and, in the Levant, for intoxicating fish. Baird. Simmonds.