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noun
Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower
History
From cow + herb.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
