COW COCKLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

Synonyms:

cow cockle; cowherb; Saponaria vaccaria; Vaccaria hispanica; Vaccaria pyramidata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cow cockle" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("cow cockle" is a member of...):

genus Vaccaria; Vaccaria (cow-cockles)

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